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A New Adventure: Coaching Little League

On baseball, America, and Alexis de Tocqueville

Apr 15 • 

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March 2025

Five Years On

A reflection on Covid

Mar 8 • 

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Revisiting UK Lockdown for Covid Five Years Ago

Re-upping a piece I wrote four years ago, right before we left Cambridge to return to the U.S.

Mar 8 • 

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January 2025

July 2023

Is History dying?

A summary of dozens of conversations with historians about the state of the profession

Jul 7, 2023 • 

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May 2023

March 2023

A Dissertation that Reads "Like a Ludlum Thriller"

Early feedback on my dissertation as I look at next steps

Mar 4, 2023 • 

CJ Schaefer

News Matchmaking for Normies

News suggestions for a self-described "conservative normie"

Mar 1, 2023 • 

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February 2023

Reader Responses: The Sorrow of a Rite of Passage

A selection from the overwhelming responses to my post on Friday

Feb 27, 2023 • 

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The Sorrow of a Rite of Passage

Why submitting a dissertation isn't what it used to be

Feb 24, 2023 • 

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Keeping Up With the Fleishmans

Comparing my decisions about status and career with the hit FX show

Feb 15, 2023 • 

CJ Schaefer

Basketball, Religious Conversion, and Name Changes

We do Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a disservice by refusing to historicize his religious conversion and name change.

Feb 13, 2023 • 

CJ Schaefer