The Value of Truth: We are living through an epistemological crisis.

4 years ago

In the jargon of academia, the study of what we can know, and how we can know it, is called…

Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?

4 years ago

I get all my news online now, but I grew up with TV news and my father's daily copy of…

Quantum Theatre’s “Far Away” is an enigmatic abstraction, grounded by psychologically deep performances.

4 years ago

Quantum Theatre's streaming production of "Far Away" is an enigmatic abstraction, grounded by psychologically deep performances. In an unstable landscape…

In February, 2001, I was blogging about computer nostalgia, Napster, a horror typing game, usability, and web blurbs.

4 years ago

In February, 2001, I was blogging about Computer nostalgia and text adventure games."Walking into a room rendered in the Q3…

Mars Is a Hellhole: Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.

4 years ago

Some of Elon Musk's stunts have caught my attention. He was involved in founding the company that became PayPal (which…

Op-ed: QAnon, the Holocaust and the deadly power of conspiracy theories

4 years ago

The Holocaust was the most murderous and massive manifestation of Jew hatred — and it began and ended with the…

I can’t believe I’m fact-checking a viral story about the gender of a plastic potato with detachable body parts.

4 years ago

  I can't believe I'm fact-checking a viral story about a plastic potato, but Hasbro is removing the "Mr." from…

Most Americans have a high opinion of the humanities, and 81% use at least one humanities-related skill on the job

4 years ago

While some survey respondents were unfamiliar with the term "humanities" (apparently guessing that it had to do with the study…