Liberals and conservatives dislike reading opposing views

7 years ago

Most research subjects, when offered the chance to win $10 and read essays that opposed their views, or $7 and read…

T.S. Eliot: “when we do not know enough, we tend always to substitute emotions for thoughts.”

7 years ago

I remember being fascinated with and challenged by The Waste Land in high school, though it wasn't until I read…

Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action

7 years ago

Fake news is frustrating. Nothing new there. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. Students in my freshman writing…

Trump and JFK: Masters of New Media

7 years ago

I didn't use Newsweek's clickbaity headline: "Trump and JFK Are More Alike Than We Like To Think." They are different…

Analysis | The fake news is coming from inside the White House

7 years ago

To believe Donald Trump, you must believe two largely contradictory things. | You must believe that there are a slew…

Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way

7 years ago

The girl was singing lyrics she learned from a friend. They were so bad I had to Google them. But…

How the Midwest went from the idealized to the derided

7 years ago

While Pittsburgh has become more metropolitan in the last generation, the culture here one county to the east still bears…

Computer scientist Leslie Lamport to [Brandeis] grads: If you can’t write, it won’t compute

7 years ago

I like introducing my English majors to coding. Here's a computer scientist who's returning the favor, advocating the importance of…

Updated Syllabus for Journalism 101

7 years ago

By the end of the semester you will be able to: * Write a good clickbait headline * Fire off…