There has been some substantial ink spilled recently on the state of humanities in higher education. This morning, New York Times columnist David Brooks added his two cents on the issue. Unfortunately, while reading his ostensibly pro-humanities vapid diatribe essay, I…

I only knew Professor Ridout for a short time. I took his “Field Methods” course at GW in Fall 2010 as part of my Master’s in American Studies. He was a caring and effective teacher of a subject that could be, at times, boring. Learning the difference between architectural types, material culture…

A warmongering Admiral secretly building warships with private security forces. Preemptive war. Terrorism. Suicide bombers. Blind revenge. So, that new Star Trek movie, eh?

Great science fiction invariably deals with the human condition and current events. This is…

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Ask a Grown Man with Paul Rudd

This is a belated response to Matt Lewis’ article “No, Die Hard Isn’t a Christmas Movie”…

Sick of hearing from colleagues and friends that DIE HARD is their favorite Christmas movie — an opinion derided as both smug and a technicality — Matt Lewis…