by Jack Cheng | Jun 28, 2010 | The Public Humanist
A lot of professors hate teaching survey courses. In art history, the typical survey would be something I took as an undergrad: from the Parthenon to Picasso. At Harvard, where I did graduate work, the class was traditionally scheduled at 12 pm and earned the nickname...
by James Heflin | Jun 28, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I love when unusual words enter the English language, inveterate devourer of words that it is. But it’s truly a shame that the producer of an incessant buzzing sound that drives people to insane rage gets a cool moniker like “vuvuzela.” I’m no...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 28, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Summer is here all right. On the solstice, that big moon shone and the sky held its deepening grey-blue hue that last iota longer enough to have it sink in that the light had stretched itself like a really gorgeously long limb, the muscle giving long, light days its...
by On Springfield | Jun 28, 2010 | On Springfield
It doesn’t appear that the budget battle between Mayor Domenic Sarno and the City Council is cooling down. Earlier this week, Sarno and Lee Erdmann, the city’s chief administrative and financial officer, sent a letter to councilors calling on them to make...