News ICYMI: We must stop destroying our institutions 4 Jan 2021 America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded;…
News ICYMI: We must stop destroying our institutions 4 Jan 2021 America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded;…
News We must stop destroying our institutions 3 Jan 20214 Jan 2021 America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded;…
News Summing up two weeks in Washington 21 Jan 201721 Jan 2017 I return home today after spending two weeks in Washington working with The Washington Center and its Inauguration '17 academic seminar. Trying to capture a series of academic presentations and…
News Power to the people (in the countryside)! 13 Dec 201613 Dec 2016 The Guardian suggests that city slickers in at least two countries got quite the comeuppance in 2016. Almost two-thirds of US rural and small-town voters chose Trump, while a similar…
News My values are better than your values 28 Dec 201328 Dec 2013 The national conversation that ensued recently after a certain man from Louisiana dared to share his personal beliefs in a magazine profile reminded me yet again that too many Americans…
Don’t judge me, you who… 24 Feb 201323 Feb 2013 ...is too fat... ...has no taste in clothes... ...practices a fake religion... ...is gay... ....is of lesser intelligence... ...comes from THAT part of the country... ...wears that strange thing on…
News Yes, but whose truth? 12 Jul 201212 Jul 2012 The priest celebrating the Mass I attended on Sunday delivered a homily that has stuck with me. He began by suggesting "truth...when it becomes personal...can put us on the defensive."…
News How well are colleges preparing students? 25 Apr 2012 WBUR in Boston says one college professor wonders if what he believes are the core principles of higher education are in fact reaching students. [Anderw] Delbanco says the American college…
News Whitney Houston’s death 13 Feb 201212 Feb 2012 The passing of any individual is sad but not for the public that claims adoration for such a person. Rather, the death is a loss for the family and closest…
