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We Are Hopelessly Hooked
Jacob Weisberg, New York Review of BooksFEBRUARY 25, 2016 ISSUEReclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Ageby Sherry TurklePenguin, 436 pp., $27.95Alone Together: Why We Expect More from...
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The Righteous of Our Nation - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
FERGUS M. BORDEWICH, wsj.comA revelatory history of American abolitionism One of the most outspoken heroes of the abolition movement was a former slave by the name of Jermain Loguen, who escaped from...
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How to Win an Election -- Note for a paper, "What Does 'Narrative' Really Mean?
OpDocsimage fromBy SARAH KLEIN and TOM MASON FEB. 18, 2016, New York TimesEvery election cycle, we’re asked to make monumental decisions about whichpeople and policies should control our country, and...
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Are you middle class? Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
Liz Weston, usatoday.comimage fromWhether you’re middle class depends on who’s asking the question and how.About half of Americans told Gallup pollsters they weren’t. A survey in April 2015 found 51%...
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What Language Does God Speak?
wsj.comChristianity’s move from Aramaic and Greek into Latin gave the Roman church its imperial bearing.ENLARGEImage from article: ‘The Inspiration of St. Matthew’ By Caravaggio. PHOTO: ALINARI VIA...
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Why Are White Death Rates Rising? Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
By ANDREW J. CHERLIN FEB. 22, 2016, New York Timesimage fromIT’S disturbing and puzzling news: Death rates are rising for white, less-educatedAmericans. The economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton...
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The moment of truth: We must stop Trump - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
Danielle Allen, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt: Trump is rising by taking advantage of a divided country. The truth is that the vast majority of voting Americans think that Trump is unacceptable as a...
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U.S. religious groups and their political leanings - Note for a lecture, "E...
pewresearch.org; via GG on FacebookBY MICHAEL LIPKAMormons are the most heavily Republican-leaning religious group in the U.S., while a pair of major historically black Protestant denominations – the...
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Kazimir Malevich: the man who liberated painting
Frances Spalding, theguardian.comMalevich's Black Square was an emptying out of all the value associated with art. Ahead of a new Tate Modern show, Frances Spalding explores the work of a revolutionary...
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Poorest Areas Have Missed Out on Boons of Recovery, Study Finds - Note for a...
ECONOMYBy NELSON D. SCHWARTZ FEB. 24, 2016, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: closed stores in Camden, N. J.The gap between the richest and poorest American communities has widenedsince...
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Waging War in Zeros and Ones
www.wsj.comThe U.S. dominates the fields of hardware and software. But it remains uniquely vulnerable because its so connected to the Internet. By GARY SCHMITT Feb. 25, 2016 7:39 p.m. ET Access to the...
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A Country Breaking Down - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
nybooks.comElizabeth DrewFEBRUARY 25, 2016 ISSUE2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructureby the American Society of Civil Engineersavailable at infrastructurereportcard.orgRust: The Longest Warby...
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Texas Academics Told to Avoid ‘Sensitive Topics’ to Prevent Angering Armed...
Peter Van Buren, wemeantwell.comFebruary 26, 2016Tags: second amendment, texasPosted in: Democracy, Police State, Post-Constitution Americaimage from articleHere’s another swanky benefit of our...
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MIT's Washington Office has the best job rejection letters ever because...
Via MD on linked inAnyone who's applied for a bunch of jobs within a short period of time knows that the most common response to your job application is silence. Sometimes - my estimation is roughly...
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Students in Debt, Professors in Poverty -- What's Going Wrong?
Laurie Jones, Wanda Evans-Brewer, Huffington Post; via JB and WK on Facebook [Includes video, "Professors in Poverty."] See also: "An Adjunct Professor Confesses His Sins"; "Hey, buddy, can you spare...
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Jews in America struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up...
washingtonpost.comBy Gil Steinlauf September 22, 2015 Gil Steinlauf is the senior rabbi at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C.Image from article: At the start of a new year, Jews in America...
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Bottom of the class: America’s airlines are introducing a class below economy...
image from articleAs the candidates in America’s presidential race pontificate on the growing divide between the haves and the have-nots, the country’s airlines are busy segmenting customers between...
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Trump and the Rise of the Unprotected - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
PEGGY NOONAN, Wall Street Journal; via LJB by emailFeb. 25, 2016image fromWhy political professionals are struggling to make sense of the world they createdWe’re in a funny moment. Those who do...
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The Faces of American Power, Nearly as White as the Oscar Nominees - Note for...
New York TimesBy HAEYOUN PARK, JOSH KELLER and JOSH WILLIAMSFEB. 26, 2016We reviewed 503 of the most powerful people in American culture, government, education and business, and found that just 44 are...
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