by Mary Wilson | May 7, 2009 | The Public Humanist
There is a great deal of difference between Presidents Bush and Obama, not least in speech. President Bush spoke in short, often disconnected, spurts that gave him the appearance of not understanding what he was saying. President Obama speaks in complete sentences,...
by David Tebaldi | May 14, 2009 | The Public Humanist
In an extended interview reported on earlier this week in the New York Times, Hamas leader Kaled Meshal announced that rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza have ceased and promised the Obama administration and the international community that Hamas will be “part...
by Bob Meagher | May 19, 2009 | The Public Humanist
Historical Perspectives on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Coleman, Penny (2006). Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War. Boston: Beacon. Dean, Jr., Eric T (1997). Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War....
by Meghan Coleman | May 19, 2009 | The Public Humanist
This past March, Mass Humanities awarded a grant to Actors’ Shakespeare Project for a broad-based, educational community partnership centered on a production of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens this week at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall. ASP staff members...
by Bob Meagher | May 21, 2009 | The Public Humanist
A selection of portraits from Matt Mitchell’s 100 Faces of War project is on display now through June 13 at the Springfield Armory Museum National Historic Site. Bob Meagher, who teaches comparative religion and other humanities courses at Hampshire College,...