by John Hill | Dec 1, 2008 | The Public Humanist
11:00 P.M., November 4, 2008, the networks call Obama the victor. Was this real? Had Obama actually won the election? 12:02 A.M., November 5, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama is giving his victory speech when tears come to my eyes. This is real; Obama will be the...
by Jack Cheng | Dec 4, 2008 | The Public Humanist
In art history survey classes, when I get up to Jackson Pollock, I invariably have a student who says, “I could do that.” And my response is always the same: “Go ahead. If you can make a credible Jackson Pollock, you’ll get an automatic A in my...
by Kathryn Ruth Bloom | Dec 8, 2008 | The Public Humanist
Your parents may have told you to avoid talking about religion and politics in public, but almost 300 people did just that on November 22, 2008, when they participated in the fifth annual Mass Humanities symposium, “One Nation under God? The Role of Religion in...
by John Drabinski | Dec 10, 2008 | The Public Humanist
If you have a little boy or girl, then you probably know about Thomas the Tank Engine. No, I don't mean a character. And I don't even mean a show. And, no, I don't even mean a merchandise aisle at Target. I mean what becomes, so very easily, an entire way...
by Hayley Wood | Dec 15, 2008 | The Public Humanist
There have been times in the past year when I was grateful to Dora the Explorer. At the adult-hostile hour of 5:30 AM, I could, with eyes half shut, select an iTunes television episode on a laptop set up on a chair in front of the sofa, and half-snooze until 6:00...
