Michael J Drexler
mjdrexler.bsky.social
Michael J Drexler
@mjdrexler.bsky.social
English Professor at Bucknell University. Author of The Traumatic Colonel: The Founding Fathers, Slavery, and the Phantasmatic Aaron Burr.
Only an email from the Provost.
August 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Indeed, there's more suicide and deaths by depression there than in blue, progressive communities. So how are people attracting men to humanities courses successfully? When I've raised the question locally, I get mostly indifference from colleagues or even hear relief at this state of affairs.
July 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A little self promotion: The Traumatic Colonel: The Founding Fathers, Slavery, and the Phantasmatic Aaron Burr. nyupress.org/978147984253...
May 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And get this, @mattseybold.bsky.social , I'm the only Americanist left with specialization before 1900!
May 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Exactly. Boo indeed. Time for alumni to get real.
May 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Another sign that we're slipping into being a very different country. The Establishment clause is central to what made the US distinct.
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
but you can only have two dolls now!
May 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
No. I'm. Not saying that at all.
April 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thanks for your comments. But actually, democracies face the chance of becoming something entirely other than themselves with each election or constitutional convention. States are not people.
April 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sorry, Joseph! Just awful all around.
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Lol
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
They rarely do seem happy. Some solace.
March 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
My condolences
March 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fortunately, our faculty meetings are limited to two 50 minute sessions per month. They're still torture.
March 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM