THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION—WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT: VESTIGIAL THINKING/FUTURE THINKING Note: I wrote this article in September of 2010, long before there was the word or concept called MOOC. In the future—soon to be available for your...
WHAT IF AL GORE HAD BEEN THE PRESIDENT? A Review of THE ASSAULT ON REASON, 2007, by Al Gore One of the great “what ifs” in American history is “what if Al Gore had become president in 2000?” Notice I did not say, “What if Al Gore had won the 2000 election?” For...
REMEMBERING SARAH The deportation of French Jews to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps raises questions similar to those asked of the Germans—how could such supposedly “civilized” peoples enter into a cold-blooded program of mass extermination? Sarah’s...
WITH WERNER HERZOG IN “THE CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS” Thirty thousand years ago. This is when art began. Chauvet Cave. This is where art began. Southern France near the Pont d-arc formation. This is where the first art was made. This is the oldest and...
SEEING AS WILLFUL BLINDNESS A film by James Higginson Unlike all other art forms invented out of modern technology, film has remained stubbornly entrenched in its pre-industrial heritage. Even though the technology of “moving images” allowed for a wide range of...
The Persistence of the Color Line by Randall Kennedy THE COLOR OF THE PRESIDENCY The full title of Randall Kennedy’s new book, The Persistence of the Color Line. Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency, is, or was, published (2011) a bit too soon and needs a...
