by Advocate Staff | Oct 15, 2007 | The Public Humanist
Not too long ago, at my other blog, I wrote a short post about the rapper DMX. Some of my fascination with DMX, I suggested, had to do with his talent, and with the contrast between his feral aspect, the unchecked masculine aggression, and the unusual vulnerability he...
by David Mednicoff | Oct 2, 2007 | The Public Humanist
I enjoyed my UMass colleague Dan Gordon’s take on religion and democracy with particular respect to Muslim women’s head coverings. Dan’s points also provide good opportunity to look at the issues he raises from two inter-related standpoints that...
by Bob Meagher | Oct 20, 2007 | The Public Humanist
Anyone who prefers wealth or power to true friendship is out of his mind. Euripides, Herakles, 1425–26 Ancient Greek literature is replete with stories about, tributes to, and reflections on friendship. It might be said that, for any Greek with his or her head...
by John Drabinski | Oct 23, 2007 | The Public Humanist
I’ve been teaching about friendship for the past couple of weeks – Jacques Derrida’s utterly enigmatic Politics of Friendship, to be specific – so I was thrilled to read a reflection by my cross-campus colleague Robert Meagher on where...
by Robert Goodman | Oct 30, 2007 | The Public Humanist
Governor Deval Patrick faces daunting budget challenges and a political agenda that includes repairing infrastructure throughout the state, improving public education and providing some financial relief to cities and towns. The prospect of hundreds of millions of...
