Officials count ballots after polls closed during the second round of parliamentary election in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 23, 2015. / Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters 10.17.2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated unequivocally on Sunday that the US election is rigged. It’s not the first time Trump has claimed the US electoral process is biased against him[…]
Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1806 (Photo: Rick Stillings By Dr. Bryan Zygmont Associate Professor of Art History Clarke University A gentleman architect In an undated note, Thomas Jefferson left clear instructions about what he wanted engraved upon his burial marker: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the[…]
La Sorbonne, Paris / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Giles Gasper / 03.10.2016 Senior Lecturer in Medieval History Durham University As universities prepare for a new regime of regulation aimed at monitoring the quality of their teaching, they may find some comfort in the 900-year-old history of debates around autonomy, governance, who can award qualifications and[…]
Stephen Melkisethian / flickr (Creative Commons) By Robert Faturechi and Lauren Kirchner / 10.14.2016 To understand how Donald Trump’s comments and alleged mistreatment of women are stoking the anxiety of other Republicans, look no further than the private appeal sent Wednesday to a billionaire from a super PAC backing Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. Without a[…]
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Early Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450-440 B.C.E. (Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples) By Dr. Beth Harris Emeritus Professor of Art History Khan Academy Roman copies of ancient Greek art When we study ancient Greek art, so often we are really looking at ancient Roman art, or[…]
By David Pescovitz / 10.15.2016 My friend Daniel Martin Diaz‘s exquisite paintings lie at the intersection of science, art, and magic to provoke questions about technology, physics, theories of mind, and the nature of reality. He has an exhibition of spectacular new works opening in San Francisco today at the wonderful science/nature/curiosity shop Paxton Gate.[…]
By Brian Tashman / 10.17.2016 Donald Trump’s conspiracy-theory-ridden presidential campaign didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Many of the bogus claims that Trump has leaned on in his campaigns are ones that we’ve been hearing from Republican politicians for years, such as the allegations that climate change is a myth or that Democrats use massive voter[…]
By Dr. Renee M. Gondek Adjunct Professor of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion University of Mary Washington A shared language, religion, and culture Ancient Greece can feel strangely familiar. From the exploits of Achilles and Odysseus, to the treatises of Aristotle, from the exacting measurements of the Parthenon (image above) to the rhythmic chaos of the Laocoön (image below), ancient[…]
Ostia Antica / Wikimedia Commons By Martyn Shuttleworth If you took a poll about Roman engineering and asked people what defined Roman engineering, the famous Roman roads would lie towards the top of the list. These, more than anything, were the backbone of the Roman Empire and allowed the Romans to hold sway over a[…]
I cannot understand how, using the poisoned fruit of the poisoned tree, the American media is NOT a willing accomplice in a plot against their own nation, AND, (all caps) HOW KNOWINGLY FEEDING POISON TO CHILDREN IS NOT GOING TO POISON THEM. By Hart Williams / 10.17.2016 The latest questionable document from Wikileaks hits an[…]
By Juliana Breines / 09.16.2016 One of the best ways to increase our own happiness is to do things that make other people happy. In countless studies, kindness and generosity have been linked to greater life satisfaction, stronger relationships, and better mental and physical health—generous people even live longer. What’s more, the happiness people derive[…]