Contingency and the Cartographic Making of New England (Part I)
New England's borders aren't natural. They're historical accidents.
New England
The Measles Crisis Is Regional—Let's Keep It That Way
Measles is a national issue. It's not a national phenomenon.
The New England Option in Action
In January, shortly after the inauguration, I floated the idea of The New England Option, a thought experiment about a regional, rather than national, approach to politics. Subsequently, I worked with an AI
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On
Yesterday I gave a talk on AI and archives at the Colby/Bates/Bowdoin Special Collections and Archives Staff Retreat. Thanks to the staff of the George J. Mitchell Department of Archives and
Writing the History of the Future with Google Gemini
With the end of the semester, I have been experimenting with Google Gemini 2.5 Pro (preview) to see how it works with different things on my to-do list. I've used