On a related note, there are also several applications to create some communal warmth and place for free and open discussion in the sometimes cold and distant world of the Web. For users who already have a weblog, the application JForum presents an easy way to create an online forum to discuss whatever's on your mind with fellow Web users. The application allows users the ability to create...

Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum was opened in 1986. For the benefit of researchers and others who cannot make it to Atlanta, this website provides access to some of the speeches and letters of President Carter, along with biographical information about members of the Carter family. First-time visitors will want to start...

This page of teaching resources from the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum offers 19 units across the topics of US History, Civics, Geography, Energy & Environment, Human Rights, US Foreign Policy, Science & Health, Current Events, Middle East, Segregation & Civil Rights, and Character Education. The units are designed for a range of ages, from early elementary school to late high school....

In the urban policy literature, there are many issues which attract the attention of scholars, politicians, and other practitioners. One rather thorny issue that continues to be of great interest is often called the "spatial mismatch. At the risk of oversimplifying this issue, the essence of this concept is that most job growth and creation occurs at some distance from those persons who are in...

During his long and distinguished career, anthropologist Joel Martin Halpern has worked in many areas of the globe including Laos, Lapland, and the Balkans. He was able to turn his dissertation at Columbia University into his first book (A Serbian Village) and since that time he has returned for fieldwork numerous times. This digital collection from the Credo Project at the University of...

Millions of years ago, central Oregon was a hotbed of volcanic activity. Curious geologists and others can learn about the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument on this most excellent Flash-enabled online tour. After "flying" in overhead to the site, visitors can learn about the 40 million year history of the site that would later become the John Day Fossil Beds. The next area of the site is...

Moving into a two-room apartment near the State House in Boston in 1946, many people wondered aloud how this bright, yet somewhat retiring, young man would do in the rough and tumble world of Boston politics. That 29-year old happened to be John F. Kennedy, and he would win his first campaign that year, as he made his way to the U.S. House of Representatives. He would of course become President of...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum is housed in a gorgeous building designed by noted architect I.M. Pei. For those who can't make it to Boston to visit, the associated website is full of relevant information about President Kennedy's life, speeches, presidency, and legacy. This section of the site is dedicated to seven interesting interactive exhibits, including "We Choose The...

Once upon a time, the noted curmudgeon and celebrated journalist A.J. Liebling remarked that “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one." John H. Johnson, was one such person who had such “freedom," and he used his business acumen and savvy to develop a number of publications that portrayed African-Americans in a positive light to an outside world that at times seemed to ignore their...

Civil War history buffs and others will be excited to learn about this latest addition to the Digital Collections at the University of Maryland website. This particular item happens to be the sketchbook of one John Jacob Omenhausser, who was imprisoned at the Union prison camp in Point Lookout, Maryland from June 1864 to June 1865. Omenhausser's sketches depict the full range of activities around...