Social Media Flaws and the Humanities

The humanities transmit, through time and across cultures, diverse expressions of the human condition, allowing us to contextualize, illuminate, and pass on an essential legacy of culture, history and heritage. They are an ages-old, ongoing conversation about the...

Souls Imperiled, Humanities Intact

Seated in the front row, uncomfortably close to the speakers who formed a panel on the use of stories in the communications work of state humanities councils, I felt a little embarrassed when Kathleen Holt, an impressive woman who heads up the communications efforts...

Hail the shining Blackbird

So yes, more of your civil liberties have been trundled off to the dead letter office as you slumbered, which is the usual synapse-crushing course of events these days. Enjoy your shopping. But on the positive side, there’s a mighty uptick in the number of...