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:A lot of the writing that I am doing is been helped along by a general work by Phillip Jenkins (Don't know if you heard of him or not) By and large, the spellings are my fault. Its the result of 19 years of education for me to spell 'color' as 'colour'. I understand this is unacceptable is a US history article and will change this as I go on. Also the latest entry on the 1990's seems to be done on a tangent. How else would I explain the whole Oklahoma bombing and such without explaining the rise of extreme militia's? Its something I'm finding hard to put down on paper but on the other hand its something I've always been fascinated by (I've always been fascinated by right wing and fundamentalist Christian extremism, probably a result of growing up on the border with Northern Ireland and Ian Paisley!) Is there any particular part of the latest entry that you think should be cut, or should it all be rewritten? [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 10:30, 28 December 2007 (CST)
:A lot of the writing that I am doing is been helped along by a general work by Phillip Jenkins (Don't know if you heard of him or not) By and large, the spellings are my fault. Its the result of 19 years of education for me to spell 'color' as 'colour'. I understand this is unacceptable is a US history article and will change this as I go on. Also the latest entry on the 1990's seems to be done on a tangent. How else would I explain the whole Oklahoma bombing and such without explaining the rise of extreme militia's? Its something I'm finding hard to put down on paper but on the other hand its something I've always been fascinated by (I've always been fascinated by right wing and fundamentalist Christian extremism, probably a result of growing up on the border with Northern Ireland and Ian Paisley!) Is there any particular part of the latest entry that you think should be cut, or should it all be rewritten? [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 10:30, 28 December 2007 (CST)
::I will look at the 1990s--always a difficult period for the historian.  I spent a day at the Oklahoma City Memorial this summer--fascinating insights. The bombing was entirely a one-person (or maybe two-person) affair, and the militias were not involved. Rather unlike the recent subway/ airport bombings in UK. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 12:20, 28 December 2007 (CST)

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Is there a better title for "The Rise of the New Right"? I'll leave it to your discretion Richard. Denis Cavanagh 13:09, 4 December 2007 (CST)

I'd also add that I'm not sure "Liberalisation" is a word. --Robert W King 13:11, 4 December 2007 (CST)


It sounds like a word! Denis Cavanagh 13:12, 4 December 2007 (CST)

"rise of new right" sounds OK to me. Keep the material coming--it's great. Richard Jensen 13:28, 4 December 2007 (CST)

periods

Richard, how detailed are you looking to build the article lists under each time period? --Todd Coles 17:41, 4 December 2007 (CST)

well this has to be a very general article. People should go to the specialty articles I think Richard Jensen 17:46, 4 December 2007 (CST)

Am I going in too much detail, or too little? Denis Cavanagh 08:50, 5 December 2007 (CST)

I think the level of detail is about right. good job. Richard Jensen 09:33, 5 December 2007 (CST)

Brits

I think using a British textbook adds perspective (good) and British spellings (bad). We should avoid Brogan-like essays here and keep the narrative and overall outline clear. Eventually we will have multiple spinoff articles, and then we can reduce some of the detail here. Richard Jensen 07:33, 28 December 2007 (CST)

A lot of the writing that I am doing is been helped along by a general work by Phillip Jenkins (Don't know if you heard of him or not) By and large, the spellings are my fault. Its the result of 19 years of education for me to spell 'color' as 'colour'. I understand this is unacceptable is a US history article and will change this as I go on. Also the latest entry on the 1990's seems to be done on a tangent. How else would I explain the whole Oklahoma bombing and such without explaining the rise of extreme militia's? Its something I'm finding hard to put down on paper but on the other hand its something I've always been fascinated by (I've always been fascinated by right wing and fundamentalist Christian extremism, probably a result of growing up on the border with Northern Ireland and Ian Paisley!) Is there any particular part of the latest entry that you think should be cut, or should it all be rewritten? Denis Cavanagh 10:30, 28 December 2007 (CST)
I will look at the 1990s--always a difficult period for the historian. I spent a day at the Oklahoma City Memorial this summer--fascinating insights. The bombing was entirely a one-person (or maybe two-person) affair, and the militias were not involved. Rather unlike the recent subway/ airport bombings in UK. Richard Jensen 12:20, 28 December 2007 (CST)
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