tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post4848767789947049405..comments2023-08-01T01:15:40.086-07:00Comments on Northwest History: A Call for a New Federal Writer's ProjectLarry Cebulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-19291708400623283422009-03-16T21:47:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:47:00.000-07:00Solitude: You miss the point of my post, which is ...Solitude: You miss the point of my post, which is not that the government should support writing history (it should not) but that it should support collecting and preserving that history.Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-19765114740109334322009-03-15T06:43:00.000-07:002009-03-15T06:43:00.000-07:00We don't need any government funding of any sort f...We don't need any government funding of any sort for this.<BR/><BR/>No topic is unaddressed today.<BR/><BR/>There are writers writing about any topic however obscure publishing on the internet because they want the topic to be heard.<BR/><BR/>No form of writing is in any danger at all of becoming a lost art.<BR/><BR/>The taxpayer has enough of a burden without paying someone to DUPLICATE what is already being done by someone paying their internet provider for the privilege.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-90417252553035452842009-02-08T14:00:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:00:00.000-08:00We need to be careful how we pitch the idea. Pinsk...<I>We need to be careful how we pitch the idea. Pinsky's piece at the New Republic tried to sell the idea firstly as a jobs program for out-of-work newspaper reporters. The problem with this is that large segments of the American public dislike journalists and delight in their suffering. Academics are scarcely more popular.<BR/><BR/>This needs to be presented as a jobs program that preserves and protects our heritage. Which it would be. The original FWP, after all, employed all sorts of Americans, not just unemployed historians or reporters.</I><BR/><BR/>Brilliant idea but you are right about how it needs to be pitched.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't think framing the issue as "heritage protection" would be much better. At least not until we come up with a better way of articulating to the general public why heritage and history are important. That is a project no amount of stimulus money can help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-37143530852145817722009-02-08T12:03:00.000-08:002009-02-08T12:03:00.000-08:00FDRs writer's project has given historians a w...FDRs writer's project has given historians a wealth of information that I, for one, access regularly for course development and tell my students about for thier research projects. This would be a good idea - even though I recently heard that many of our Senators do not think that a profect like this would be consider a stimulus. Maybe the Senators should be educated about collecting historical information - of course it generates $ into the economy - historians travel, they spend money on air fares, hotels, rental cars, food establishments, visit bookstores and other shopping in the area they are visiting - and maintain their homes & families while they are away! This is a good idea! It should be pursued!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-79876726129786041522009-01-20T14:24:00.000-08:002009-01-20T14:24:00.000-08:00Great idea!Great idea!Kelly in Kansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345236866213138914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-18434250247616013892009-01-15T15:10:00.000-08:002009-01-15T15:10:00.000-08:00We need to be careful how we pitch the idea. Pinsk...We need to be careful how we pitch the idea. Pinsky's piece at the New Republic tried to sell the idea firstly as a jobs program for out-of-work newspaper reporters. The problem with this is that large segments of the American public dislike journalists and delight in their suffering. Academics are scarcely more popular.<BR/><BR/>This needs to be presented as a jobs program that preserves and protects our heritage. Which it would be. The original FWP, after all, employed all sorts of Americans, not just unemployed historians or reporters.Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-67670448664941225712009-01-15T14:53:00.000-08:002009-01-15T14:53:00.000-08:00You're exactly right Larry. There is so much that...You're exactly right Larry. There is so much that could be done. Considering some of the crap people want our tax dollars spent on, this would be a worthwhile venture (example: the Minnesota senator not named Al Franken recently sponsored a $500,000 earmark so that a Minnesota-based Christian group can go to Haiti and fight to rid the country of 200 years of Satanic rule. <A HREF="http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9027" REL="nofollow">I wish I was joking</A>.) <BR/><BR/>Plus, this would be a great potential job opportunity for an unemployed historian/archivist that you know and love (OK, just know).Kratzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495029216616829257noreply@blogger.com