R.I.P., Howard

They say you were influential. Somehow I made it through four years at Oberlin without reading even a page of A People's History; that's something I should rectify one of these years. May your work and life continue to inspire lefty activists and scholars! Lord knows they could use the inspiration these days.

As the world stopped turning

You've probably already read all about the P-I, and I'm so behind I didn't even get a copy of the final issue, but just in case, here are some highlights.

Sifting through the P-I's massive photo archive is a tremendous treat. I thought the following picture, of the Space Needle in progress, was particularly wonderful: