Interesting discussion about the fact that the crazy boom era mortgages weren’t that different from renting, and that means those who are foreclosed on see the act of walking away not that different from changing from one rented place to another.

NYT on house design, cars, and obesity (kinda).

An interesting take on the questions of racial identity.

You need to be at an on-campus computer or connected via VPN to access these articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

David Hollinger is one of the best historians on these topics out there.

What is at work in contemporary academic discourse. . .

LILEKS (James) the Bleat

Some fun NRA stuff. .  .

George M. Fredrickson. « The Edge of the American West

If you want to know about the history of race. . . read him. Unfortunately he just passed away.

Confidence plunges, inflation rate soars

S&P: US home prices down sharply

US home foreclosures soar in January

Target and Home Depot had bad quarters in the fall.

Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent

Chicago home sales plunge — chicagotribune.com

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Great new data if you are into the religious landscape of American life.

What I Saw in America: Don’t Sell the Farm

Patrick Deneen - a political theorist at Georgetown - responds to the Leinberger article in the most recent Atlantic. Deneen is pessimistic about the future of America.

The effect of the highway system and the aftereffect of realizing that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea.

Boston

Smart Remarks » Blog Archive » McMansion down

A response to the Atlantic article we read in class on Thursday.

Hey all,

I will be throwing up here various bits of stuff that connect to the material we cover in class. I’m not yet sure what this will look as the courses develop, but hopefully it will be useful for you and I.

DJM