My thanks to my fellow bloggers and to our marvelous editor Ben Alpers, to Richard Cándida Smith, and to the Executive Committee for trusting me with this responsibility. I’m very grateful for this opportunity, and I am especially glad that this service to our wonderful organization will not entail placing any catering orders or distributing any drink tickets. As many of you know, I found my voice (and how!) as an intellectual historian here, and I found my people as well – indeed, these two things happened together.  So a big thank you to this online community and the organization Read more