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:Interesting Slant in News HeadlinesHere’s a “glass is half full” headline t…Current_EventsWhat Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?Current US law extends copyright protect…BooksWATCH two undercover Sunday Times journalists being stung while trying to sting on TVHeidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert who run…AmusingDuet (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 18) Kira is convinced…
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:The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation f…AestheticsPresidential RhetoricCultureWhy Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering FreshmenScience writer Jon Horgan writes: We li…AcademiaTrump Fires Senior Adviser’s Son From Transition for Sharing Fake NewsTrump senior adviser’s son, who used a t…Current_EventsBeautiful, meditative video shows how books are madePretty…
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:Journey's End (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 20) Picard must relocate a North … Rewatching ST:TNG An obviously tr…CultureWho needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second LifeYears ago I spent some time in Second Li…AcademiaThe Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureNo, This Beach Photo Doesn't…
Similar:The spoils.Personal8k trimsheets baked as efficient building blocks for my #fantasy #steampunk #cgi cruiser. …PersonalThings that have made me start singing "Tradition!" in my head so far todayAfter last night’s first rehearsal for “…AmusingOn the spiral staircase that leads from the top deck down to the officers' pub and wa…AestheticsAnother section of #steampunk control panel.…
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:Is Babylon 5 secretly the most influential TV show of the past 25 years?When my wife and I were grad students in…Culture5 Characteristics of Successful Work Groups (at Google)Google’s internal study of work groups f…BusinessMaking a villain's lair in #Blender3D (this weekend's relaxation)AestheticsThe First Duty (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 19) Cadet Wesley's Academy…
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:What if Generative AI turned out to be a Dud?I’m sad thinking of all the students who…Business The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley Because what he never managed to grok …BusinessMelissa Terras Reports Her Success in Making Digital Humanities More InclusiveA pleasant little success story. “TEI” i…AcademiaSummer Project: Responsive Web DesignI spent more…
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…
Similar:Seeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a …PersonalI regularly teach Uncle Tom's Cabin, but have never seen it before. BooksUnion siege cannon, printing press, and "From Slavery to Freedom" were the highl…Personal The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley Because what he…
I regularly teach Flannery O’Connor, and assign a whole book of her short stories when I taught an American Lit 1915-Present course. Now that I’m teaching “American Lit 1776-Present” I keep her stories in rotation, but I have more material to cover, so I have to be more selective. O’Connor’s fiction contains many themes and…
Jerz > Writing > Technical Writing Tips Similar:Lessons from the Covington Catholic FlashpointMy social media network includes people …CultureWilliam Shatner: My Problem With Twitter's Verified AccountsAt age 84, William Shatner (most famous …Cyberculture10 top writing tips and the psychology behind themThere are plenty of folks happy to tell …AcademiaMariah Carey meets William Carlos Williams AmusingCoding Sucks: Why…
BURKE, Va. (AP) — On a recent car ride, my sons, Billy and Jimmy, were discussing an interactive “Minecraft” show on Netflix that allowed them to choose the direction of the story. I said it sounded like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, an artifact of my 1980s childhood. Then Billy, who’s 10 years old,…