© 2015 Hart Williams We ought to be chilled. Instead, this will be cast into another “us versus them” bit of minor pettifoggery, while the intent to use government as a tool of political vendetta looms large already, without a Trump presidency that would almost undoubtedly be partially devoted to settling all and any scores,[…]
Does your bad humour ail thee? Wellcome Library Collection By Dr. Winston Black Assistant Professor of Medieval History Assumption College It’s often said that there was no tradition of scientific medicine in medieval times. According to the usual narrative of the history of progress, medicine in the European Middle Ages – from around the 5th[…]
By Dr. Donald Prothero Professor of Geology and Paleontology Occidental College Note: The author published this in 2009, seven years after the death of Gould. Abstract In the seven years since Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould died, there have been only a few assessments of his role in paleobiology and evolutionary theory. Although non-paleontologists still[…]
By Mark Cartwright Roman mosaics were a common feature of private homes and public buildings across the empire from Africa to Antioch. Not only are mosaics beautiful works of art in themselves but they are also an invaluable record of such everyday items as clothes, food, tools, weapons, flora and fauna. They also reveal much[…]
By Robert A. Levine / 05.11.2016 TMV Columnist Was just getting accustomed to the idea that Donald Trump, aka The Donald, the motivating force behind the TV show The Apprentice, was going to be the Republican nominee for president, when the Quinipiac Poll had him and Hillary virtually tied in three swing states. He was[…]
By Rick Riddle / 05.10.2016 Are life’s challenges preparing you for a rebirth? Changing and evolving are difficult things to do. In fact, they are so difficult that doing so or even planning to do so can drum up all types of feelings that aren’t very pleasant at all. Unfortunately, many people interpret these uncomfortable[…]
Edward Tongue / Creative Commons As more people found a place at the table, the concern became that of finding a place for the table By Dr. Christine Baumgarthuber Doctorate in English Literature, Brown University The Austerity Kitchen PART 1 Illustrations from Silver for the Dining Room (1912) For the first time in my adult[…]
At the Democratic National Convention, “delegates will decide which candidate is the strongest nominee to take on Donald Trump in November,” Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday night. “All of the evidence indicates that I am that candidate.” (Photo: Reuters) Last week, Reuters/Ipsos poll had Clinton ahead of Trump by around 13 points. Today, they’re running[…]
A herstory lesson about five women whose World War II internment inspired them to action. By Nina Wallace / 04.27.2016 This article was adapted from a previous version published by Densho. From African American activists critical to the 1963 March on Washington to the Japanese American women among the 120,000 wrongly imprisoned by a panic-stricken and—let’s[…]
Rob Weychert / ProPublica What words look like matters — in some cases, a whole lot. By Lena Groeger / 05.11.2016 After decades of silently shouting at the top of its lungs, the National Weather Service recently announced that it’s going to stop publishing its forecasts and weather warnings in ALL CAPS. Beginning May 11,[…]
No one can deny that overprescribing and resulting addiction is an enormous problem, but let’s not allow eyebrows to raise at patients in legitimate need of pain relief and treatment. They are easy targets in a lost ‘war’. By Matthew A. McIntosh / 05.11.2016 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Where does it hurt? This question has been asked[…]
From Seth Abramson at the Huffington Post / 05.11.2016: Last night on CNN, while discussing Bernie Sanders’ landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in West Virginia — which followed a 5-point Sanders win in Indiana last week — Michael Smerconish said that “Democratic super-delegates might have to rethink” their support of Hillary Clinton given how dramatically[…]
We’re on the hunt for life – what do we do when we find it? NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS By Dr. Kelly C. Smith Associate Professor of Philosophy and Biological Sciences Clemson University NASA’s chief scientist recently announced that “…we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to[…]
“I don’t want my children to live my life. I’m looking for a future for my children and all children that is without occupation and violence. We have to have hope to resist.” By Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh Editor’s note: On June 8, 2015, prominent nonviolent resistance leader Iyad Burnat of Palestine received the James Lawson Award for[…]