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About Paul Lockhart

I'm a history professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio...and I write books about history.

What’s THAT?

Posted on January 13, 2012

Nothing terribly substantive this time, alas. It’s just that I’ve been getting a few questions about the source of the banner photo at the top of this page. It’s not too bad a photo, considering that I took it; I’m … Continue reading →

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Frontier fighters and American exceptionalism

Posted on January 9, 2012

OK. Another rant. Sort of. I don’t plan on writing posts based entirely on anger or indignation, not always at least, but as I’m on a roll I think I’ll go with it. And, like the previous rant – the … Continue reading →

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Victory? What the hell is that? We don’t even have a word for it!

Posted on December 30, 2011

I had planned on saving this for later, but it’s been much on my mind in the past few days and I’m afraid that I have to vent now. Earlier in December, I was in New York for a signing. … Continue reading →

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The Past in the Present

Posted on December 16, 2011

Welcome to my blog! My name is Paul Lockhart, and history is my life. Not merely in the sense that I feel passionately about the subject, but in that it’s how I make my living. I’ve been a history prof … Continue reading →

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