Similar:In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpghIn a hole in the ground there lived a ho…BooksWhen you hear your daughter the understudy is going on for a sold-out show. Live theater i… Culture"It's called an amphora," the artist says.AestheticsPlaying with depth of field (blurring details that are closer than and farther…
Similar:I love a little courtyard. I think I’ve made enough #blender3d buildings for now. On to th…Personalwhen someone say ur joke louder than u and get all the creditAmusingSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalHarvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' pricesRobert Darnton, director of Harvard…
In August 2000, I was blogging about Top 10 Tips for Writing Poetry (which I’ve updated over the years and is the most popular page on my site today) Richard Lederer’s presidential wordplay (“I predict that at the end of the campaign. Gore will be bushed and Bush will be gored. Then we’ll have either…
Similar:The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something to SayGreat article featuring the little girl …BusinessHenry V Fans: Today is St Crispin's DayKing Henry rallies his troops just befor…CultureYes, this is my 11yo daughter yodeling on stage.http://youtu.be/reyclH7zuHIAmusingClickbait Tactics Drive the Writing of Headlines on ABC NewsI probably…
Our understanding of COVID-19 has accreted around the idea that it kills a few and is “mild” for the rest. That caricature was sketched before the new coronavirus even had a name; instead of shifting in the light of fresh data, it calcified. It affected the questions scientists sought to ask, the stories journalists sought…
Similar:How Not To Make Professional ContactsTowards the end of my year-long radio ne…AmusingGoogle responds to streaming report with shruggie GIFThe Daily Dot proceeded to shrug the GIF…AmusingHorrifying deepfake tricks employee into giving away $25 millionNo names in this single-source anecdote …BusinessMicrosoft has no shame: Bing spit on my ‘Chrome’ search with a fake AI answer…
Another very rough day. Students are cheerful and patient, obviously happy to be here. I can barely understand what the students right in front of me are saying. (It’s not about volume… the problem is I can’t see their lips moving; I do have an appointment with an audiologist Friday.) I long for the days…
Similar:Lie to Me: Fiction in the Post-Truth EraI’m trying to remember what it was like,…BooksI know stuff must be important to people who don't spend their evenings generating 1400-wo…In my defense, I broke that long email d…AcademiaVideo ResumesI’m thinking of asking students in a med…BusinessAnalysis | The fake news is coming from inside the White…
I survived the first day teaching in a masked classroom. As I expected, I had a very difficult time hearing my students. I felt awkward taking up the first class talking about myself, but I told them I’ve recently been diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder. My ears can pick up the sounds of their…
Bee walked on six spindly legs to the spot where Spider had stopped moving. Bee, whose job was to record the doings of the lab, had been across the room, but its video feed had captured the moment. The tiny arachnid-shaped bot had been monitoring the bio-nanobot colonies when it teetered and fell, alone. “Can…
Plenty of news organizations have reported on the tragic case of a white boy who was murdered while riding his bicycle. One must ignore easily verifiable opposing evidence to claim that “the media” are universally ignoring this story. It’s even more unhinged to latch upon the conspiracy theory that the reason for this (non-existent) lack…
Similar:Youth Can Check Out Briefcases, Neckties via NYPL Grow Up Work AccessoriesThe New York Public Library has a progra…BusinessProfit and Loss (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 18) Quark is reunited with, and… Rewatching ST:DS9 A damaged shutt…EthicsYep, it's time to read student papers on Flannery O'Connor.AcademiaBryan A. Louiselle, 1966-2022 (musician, composer, orchestrator, musical director)I…
Similar:There’s Something Off About LED BulbsWhen I’m stressed, or I feel life is spi…AestheticsA picture of puffy white clouds floating in a blue skyAestheticsOut for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsbur…AestheticsThe choreographer daughter is doing a thing.The choreographer daughter is doing a th…PersonalIt’s something to do.PersonalNight Terrors (#StarTrek…
One of the few harsh critics of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, which premiered 70 years ago. Mr. Bentley, who was also a playwright, was an early champion of modern European drama in the 1940s but had little use for American plays. Source: Eric Bentley, Critic Who Preferred Brecht to Broadway, Dies at 103…
On Tuesday, as Florida set a daily record for covid-19 deaths, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods prohibited his deputies from wearing masks at work. His order, which also applies to visitors to the sheriff’s office, carves out an exception for officers in some locations, including hospitals, and when dealing with people who are high-risk or…
Similar:Vaccine hesitancy morphs into hostility, as opposition to shots hardens What began as “vaccine hesitancy” has …CultureJust in case you can’t find the tweet that Trump, who got trolled for making a rookie erro…This is how the President of the United …PersonalI rather like my instructional page on writing effective dialogue. I created this new…
block of American society. But for critics of how the term is used today, Judeo-Christian is vague, historically flawed and even inflammatory. These opposing views reflect a deep rift in American society and illuminate very different fundamental political beliefs.
“This is a term defined by exclusion,” said Shalom Goldman, a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, arguing that the term is often used to reject secular values and Muslims.
“It’s essentially saying our values are not the values of the Enlightenment or the Constitution, but instead our values are the values of the Bible,” he said.
Rabbi Jack Moline, president of the Washington-based Interfaith Alliance, called the term a “generalization” and said it is one “Christians in particular use to put a patina of universality on a certain Christian culture in the United States.”
Good news writing, and praise for Trump’s cool demeanor during a crisis, from : The Independent The large man in the grey suit interrupted Donald Trump. No one interrupts Donald Trump – especially at the White House. At his White House. Then the man turned his back to the television cameras showing the utterly surreal scene live around the…
Similar:School ditches rules and loses bulliesSwanson School signed up to the study by…CultureI may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. Her next is "To Battle: A Fig…Tickets for To Battle: A Fight Play AmusingMy student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would Jerz Do?” wristbands.AcademiaMan enough to sew my own computer bag.…
You might have been asked to submit a short video assignment. Don’t do what I’m doing! You can’t see my eyes, the background is distracting, you’re looking up my nose and the lighting is awful. This short video demonstrates some quick tips that will greatly improve a video submission assignment. Your instructor and your classmates…