Eric Rauchway

@rauchway
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Historian chiefly of the United States, 1933–1945, with excursions backward and forward as well as sideways. Learning #rstats, re-learning photography. he/him 
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UC Davishttps://history.ucdavis.edu/people/eric-rauchway
Personalhttp://ericrauchway.com
bloghttps://erauchway.github.io/
Eric RauchwayMay 6

The challenge as one gets older is to tease apart (a)the things you think because you’re older from (b) the things you think because you’re older and wiser

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/post/3ml5js3p5ms2d

Eric RauchwayJun 5, 2023
Pride flags flying over Oxford. @histodons #histodons
Eric RauchwayJun 4, 2023

Appeasement is turning out to be a bad business model for major media companies. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/

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Inside the Meltdown at CNN

CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?

The Atlantic
Eric RauchwayJun 3, 2023

Chotiner’s grasp of history here (as elsewhere) is notable among journalists writing today; up there with Bouie https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/ted-koppel-on-covering-and-befriending-henry-kissinger

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Eric RauchwayMay 26, 2023

A note on the number and destination of German Jewish refugees, 1933--1938 https://erauchway.github.io/posts/rosenstock/

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a necessitous blog - Quantifying German Jewish refugees, 1933–1938

Eric RauchwayMay 25, 2023

A new boat is stuck in Suez, churning mud just like the first
The canal’s just too damn narrow and the hazards are the worst
With tugboats pushing steel in vain, oh it’s there that I would be
As commercial constipation backs straight up from sea to sea

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Eric RauchwayMay 24, 2023

A note on the Holocaust as a historian's methodological challenge https://erauchway.github.io/posts/epist/

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a necessitous blog - The Holocaust as a historians’ problem

Eric RauchwayMay 23, 2023

“The US Congress have no right to investigate this matter” is exactly what you’d expect a completely not-corrupt person to say https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/justice-thomas-s-benefactor-crow-rebuffs-senate-on-ethics-probe

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Harlan Crow’s Lawyers Say Congress Doesn’t Have Authority to Investigate Supreme Court

Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas, refused to answer questions from a Senate committee about his years of gifts to the Supreme Court justice.

Bloomberg
Eric RauchwayMay 23, 2023
“The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels.” #histodons @histodons #California https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-22/seven-states-announce-colorado-river-water-deal-agreeing-on-water-cuts-for-three-years
Colorado River deal will bring water cuts to California

Seven states have agreed to cut water use to boost the Colorado River's depleted reservoirs, reaching a consensus after months of negotiations.

Los Angeles Times
Eric RauchwayMay 22, 2023
Well, I mean, if a billionaire pinky-swears it’s all on the up-and-up https://press.coop/@washingtonpost/110414935708426695
The Washington Post :press: (@[email protected])

Harlan Crow, a billionaire and influential Republican donor who has for years lavished gifts and financial favors upon Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, denied having any sway over Thomas’s judicial decisions and said they do not discuss court cases. https://wapo.st/3MRawIK #press

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