by David Tebaldi | Mar 17, 2008 | The Public Humanist
I agreed to write a commentary on Dan Gordon’s March 10 post about specialization versus general education (which strikes me as cogent and wise), but I can’t get the image of Eve Marie Carson out of my head or the horror of her violent death out of my...
by Heather Brandon | Mar 24, 2008 | The Public Humanist
I started blogging as an outlet, and it quickly became an addiction, one with a peculiar relationship to a mostly lurking audience. The more I blogged, the more I wanted to test the limits of its purpose. The writing was a platform for focused thoughts about where I...
by Bob Meagher | Mar 28, 2008 | The Public Humanist
Here in America, we are, at least to all appearances, spoiled for choice in the wide, well-stocked aisles of our daily lives as consumers. Cars and computers, colleges and health clubs spread out across the open price range, each promising to be “worth...
by John Drabinski | Apr 1, 2008 | The Public Humanist
It is always a nice thing to see Socrates made contemporary. Or at least have something to say about about contemporary things, so I’m just so pleased to see Robert Meagher write this piece about fear and hope. The range – and so the possibilities –...
by Joanne Riley | Apr 4, 2008 | The Public Humanist
Four years ago, the Mass. Studies Project at UMass Boston launched a cultural heritage project that we dubbed the “Mass. Memories Road Show,” a real-world mashup of PBS’s Antiques Road Show (people bring their personal stuff to a local event for...
