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The Tourist Pilgrim: A Mount Athos Travelogue, Part II

Part I of my travelogue to Mount Athos concluded with a reference to its complexity. I became aware of the complicated nature of the organization and life on Mount Athos because I had to perpetually...

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Berlin's Adequate "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe"

Richard Brody recently wrote in The New Yorker online that Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is “inadequate.” I would argue that the Berlin memorial is suitably adequate and that,...

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When Marriage Makes Sense

I don’t believe in marriage—or at least I didn’t. With an oft cited divorce rate of fifty percent in the United States, why would I want to participate? Or anyone else for that matter? To me, it seemed...

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The Vagaries of "Religious Freedom"

This is a story of two fabricated scandals. The first is that religious freedom in the United States today is being violated through the mandatory inclusion of contraception in health care packages....

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Alternative Museums and Narratives in the Former Yugoslavia

This blog was co-authored with Jovana Babovic. It first appeared the future sole home of the Everyday Historian blog on February 27th, 2013Museums are aimed at educating the general public about...

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