History Carnival 54

History Carnival #54 is up at Historianness and Bad History Carnival #15 is up at, well, the Bad History Carnival site.

Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.

Smells Like Treason

An obscure little weblog called Boing Boing links to the Stasi’s museum of traitorous smells.

Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.

Agent Crank

Takes one to know one? Declassified CIA files (via Wired) on various “cranks, nuts, and screwballs.”

Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.