EN / Fa ulk ner ▁Foundation . ▁He ▁also ▁s its ▁on ▁the ▁advis ory ▁board ▁to ▁the ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln ▁B ic ent enn ial ▁Commission ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁President ' s ▁Commission ▁on ▁White ▁House ▁Fellow ships . ▁He ▁has ▁held ▁appoint ments ▁in ▁history ▁at ▁the ▁Smith son ian ▁Institution , ▁a ▁Senior ▁Associ ate ▁Member ▁at ▁St . ▁Anton y ' s ▁College ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Oxford ), ▁a ▁Vis iting ▁Sch olar ▁at ▁the ▁Harvard ▁University ▁Russian ▁Research ▁Center , ▁a ▁Senior ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁An nen berg ▁Foundation , ▁and ▁a ▁Mont gom ery ▁Fellow ▁and ▁Dor sett ▁Fellow ▁at ▁D art mouth ▁College . ▁ ▁Besch loss ▁has ▁appeared ▁on ▁The ▁Daily ▁Show ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁port rayed ▁by ▁Chris ▁K attan ▁on ▁N BC ' s ▁Saturday ▁Night ▁Live ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁He ▁started ▁a ▁Twitter ▁account , ▁@ B esch loss DC , ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁It ▁appears ▁on ▁Time ▁magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁" Best ▁Twitter ▁Fe eds ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 ". ▁He ▁also ▁has ▁contributed ▁columns ▁on ▁history ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁History Source ▁to ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times . ▁ ▁Besch loss ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁Washington ▁by