Una Cadegan
@ohioan49.bsky.social
Historian, Ohioan, utopian meliorist.
This post is how I just learned that it doesn’t refer to Judith. Some things make more sense now.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This post is how I just learned that it doesn’t refer to Judith. Some things make more sense now.
to indict the defendant for fornication. But before figuring all this out, I spent a good ten minutes staring at the page, wondering what it meant to be charged with being a “Horny Ignoramus” in 18th-century Philadelphia.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
to indict the defendant for fornication. But before figuring all this out, I spent a good ten minutes staring at the page, wondering what it meant to be charged with being a “Horny Ignoramus” in 18th-century Philadelphia.
1) A capital F with two curved uprights, making it look like an H; 2) the abbreviated name of the crime charged, which looked to me like “Horn,” followed by a long tail; and 3) the verdict of the Court, which functioned as a grand jury, “Ignoramus,” meaning they did not have enough evidence . . .
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
1) A capital F with two curved uprights, making it look like an H; 2) the abbreviated name of the crime charged, which looked to me like “Horn,” followed by a long tail; and 3) the verdict of the Court, which functioned as a grand jury, “Ignoramus,” meaning they did not have enough evidence . . .
I taught US cultural history for decades, and one of the starting principles I tried to convey to students was that a work tells us more about the time in which it was created than about the time in which it is set.
December 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I taught US cultural history for decades, and one of the starting principles I tried to convey to students was that a work tells us more about the time in which it was created than about the time in which it is set.
For some reason I remember this very clearly from Robert MacNeil’s (of MacNeil/Lehrer) The Story of English as an example of 17th-century usage retained in US English after “got” replaced it in England.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For some reason I remember this very clearly from Robert MacNeil’s (of MacNeil/Lehrer) The Story of English as an example of 17th-century usage retained in US English after “got” replaced it in England.
The question then (and now) was whether Catholic unis would follow the path of places like Harvard and Yale that started as divinity schools and became entirely secularized. Lots more to be said. For what it's worth, Patricia McGuire is one of the most thoughtful people out there on this. 2/2
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The question then (and now) was whether Catholic unis would follow the path of places like Harvard and Yale that started as divinity schools and became entirely secularized. Lots more to be said. For what it's worth, Patricia McGuire is one of the most thoughtful people out there on this. 2/2
At the risk of telling you more than you wanted to know, in its current form the discussion dates from the 1970s, when the religious orders that founded most Catholic places turned over control to lay boards. 1/2
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
At the risk of telling you more than you wanted to know, in its current form the discussion dates from the 1970s, when the religious orders that founded most Catholic places turned over control to lay boards. 1/2
Is this one of those things where you’re supposed to give yourself a point for every one you’ve done and then post your score?
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is this one of those things where you’re supposed to give yourself a point for every one you’ve done and then post your score?
And I first learned who she was from Tom Lehrer's song "George Murphy."
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And I first learned who she was from Tom Lehrer's song "George Murphy."
Have you seen the movie “Household Saints”?
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Have you seen the movie “Household Saints”?
This might be true just of the books I have in my house.
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This might be true just of the books I have in my house.
Why does the English translation say “those who do not disbelieve him” instead of “those who have faith in him”?
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why does the English translation say “those who do not disbelieve him” instead of “those who have faith in him”?
Let’s pencil it in. 😊
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Let’s pencil it in. 😊
I hadn’t heard of it before, to be honest. I love learning about things that make me think, How did I miss this? How about a reading group?
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I hadn’t heard of it before, to be honest. I love learning about things that make me think, How did I miss this? How about a reading group?
I haven't. Should I?
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I haven't. Should I?
I call these “experiments in gravity.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I call these “experiments in gravity.”
May I suggest, if you haven’t read it already, Louisa May Alcott’s posthumously published A Long Fatal Love Chase?
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
May I suggest, if you haven’t read it already, Louisa May Alcott’s posthumously published A Long Fatal Love Chase?
The years when facebook was taking off coincided with the years when we lost almost all of my parents' generation. The cousins, from the US, Ireland, England, and Scotland. reconnected on facebook. There must be over 75 of us in the network at this point who would otherwise mostly have lost touch.
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The years when facebook was taking off coincided with the years when we lost almost all of my parents' generation. The cousins, from the US, Ireland, England, and Scotland. reconnected on facebook. There must be over 75 of us in the network at this point who would otherwise mostly have lost touch.
I made sure in every US history class I taught to use at least one Supreme Court opinion as an assigned primary source, for exactly this reason.
October 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I made sure in every US history class I taught to use at least one Supreme Court opinion as an assigned primary source, for exactly this reason.
Is it wrong to say he looks like the Cowardly Lion?
October 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Is it wrong to say he looks like the Cowardly Lion?
When I first scrolled past this post, I thought it was a repost of this:
bsky.app/profile/arth...
And when I thought about it more, it somehow still made sense.
bsky.app/profile/arth...
And when I thought about it more, it somehow still made sense.
Une Martyre (#SaintThechla), 1891, by #SarahPaxtonBallDodson (American, 1847-1906). Held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, americanart.si.edu/artwork/une-...
#womenartists #artherstory #SaintThecla #StThecla #FeastofStThecla
#womenartists #artherstory #SaintThecla #StThecla #FeastofStThecla
September 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I first scrolled past this post, I thought it was a repost of this:
bsky.app/profile/arth...
And when I thought about it more, it somehow still made sense.
bsky.app/profile/arth...
And when I thought about it more, it somehow still made sense.