Mount Holyoke College recently advertised a one-year, nonrenewable position in European and Jewish history, for which the college requested a cover letter, CV, writing sample, evidence of teaching effectiveness, sample syllabi, three references, and two additional documents: a teaching philosophy and a diversity statement. Putting all of these materials together requires a significant degree of unpaid labor... Continue Reading →

https://www.extension.ucr.edu/pdf/osher/catalogs/index.html?page=4 Spring 2019: American Character—A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good “How do we best reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society?” As outlined by Colin Woodard, John Meacham and E.J. Dionne Jr., and others, this course will explore our evolving history to find solutions to... Continue Reading →

Yo-Yo Ma's video opens with the following message: "Culture – the way we express ourselves and understand each other – can bind us together as one world." https://www.classicfm.com/artists/yo-yo-ma/bach-project-video/?fbclid=IwAR0Qraq7I9jLCM3zsR_dwa_wAM0-cDwcNIGg23rWYQ_wfQSuVdDFDVS41ZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=1prweT95Mo0

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“What people don’t understand is the complexity behind that." “For example, it takes 60 votes to get anything done in the Senate. Or the relationship between special interest groups and congressional voting. Those things are more complicated. I don’t think people fully understand it because there’s too much emphasis placed on the minutia of things... Continue Reading →

"Old enough to kill but not for voting" was a 1967 lament of those under the age of 21. In October of that same year I had just turned 18 and beginning my freshman year in college. I would walk precincts for "Clean Gene" anyway. By March of my senior year, the voting age was... Continue Reading →