https://psyche.co/ideas/rise-up-fellow-complainers-lets-be-vulnerable-together
Kate Norlock is in favor of complaining. She makes a pretty good case that it is a social skill, that it can be done better or worse, and that like any skill it… Continue reading…
A Chronicle of Higher Education article on English departments, discussing among others Julie Thompson Klein and Jonathan Kramnick (and, btw, I’d love to sit in on a discussion between these two on interdisciplinarity). It… Continue reading…
From Nov. 9, 2017
http://induecourse.ca/affirmative-action-for-conservative-academics/
Problems with Haidt, and against affirmative action for conservatives in higher education. The categories of “left” and “right” are often not all that helpful, and especially in university settings…. Continue reading…
From Nov. 8, 2017
I talk to John King on the Drunken Odyssey podcast, one year after the election of our Dear Leader, about staying sane.
From Oct. 15, 2017
So, here’s a question for the media history people out there. I have a strong sense that after the invention of the printing press, the popular or vernacular press had relatively… Continue reading…
From July 12, 2017
Symposium: Is Free Speech Under Threat in the United States?
The right-of-center Commentary Magazine asked for 27 writers to give hot takes on whether free speech is under threat… Continue reading…
From March 1, 2017
http://today.ucf.edu/troubled-times-public-discourse-still-place-dialogue/
Carl von Clausewitz, the great theorist of war, said: “War is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, carried on… Continue reading…
From Jan. 28, 2017
A week of shock and awe pronouncements and diktats from the US emperor-president finishes with an unconstitutional, immoral, and hypocritical directive to bar people from specific countries to enter the US…. Continue reading…
From Dec. 28, 2016
http://today.ucf.edu/like-think-main-job-help-people-ask-better-questions/
I find myself at the end of 2016 thinking about how differently we all make sense out of our shared experiences this year. “Common wisdom” seems to have it… Continue reading…
From Nov. 17, 2016
http://today.ucf.edu/find-way-make-dialogue-work/
There is a breaking point for many people around the neighborhood and around the country, as has been seen this month.
These are lines in the sand, points past… Continue reading…
From Nov. 12, 2016
Recently, I posted a FaceBook post (https://www.facebook.com/bbjanz/posts/10105762058979462?notif_t=like¬if_id=1478877406715622) which argued that those who elected Trump into office were saddled with his entire platform, including the racist, sexist, and xenophobic aspects of… Continue reading…
From Aug. 24, 2016
http://today.ucf.edu/must-learn-tell-narratives-make-us-better-not-diminish-us/
Every four years we turn to our TVs and online sites to cheer on competitors vying for supremacy in an arena where the rules are often unclear and scandal… Continue reading…