Dear Diary . . .

Over at his Diary Blog Tom has a fantastic post that wades far and wide, with discussion of the nature of American busy-ness both real and contrived, some useful reminders about civil rights and a challenge to some enterprising historian willing to look closely at Cleveland's overlooked contributions to racial equality (as an aside, I'm working on a project that will have chapter in which Lary Doby figures prominently), and an absolute obliteration of yet another sloppy Benjamin Schwarz review in The Atlantic Monthly.