- On the long, slow road toward publishing National Duties (University of Chicago Press, 2016): "Sigh, Argh, Whoa" (including getting the question “are you sure you want to do history?”)
- On "Sexy History, Legal History and History Departments" (easily winning the prize for best-titled guest blogger post in recent memory)
- On his next big project: "The State the Slaveholders Made"