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Brainstorm: Lives of the Mind

May 15, 2008

Dan Greenberg
The Humanities' D.C. Money Chase -- Part II

The federal spending data tell the story: $30-billion for agencies that support academic science and engineering; $144-million for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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May 14, 2008

Stan Katz
The Utility of Philosophy

The situation at the University of Florida prompts the question, Why are humanities the first to see cuts in times of financial hardship?

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John L. Jackson Jr.
The Racial Impasse

What junior-high school students remind us about race in America.

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May 13, 2008

Mark Bauerlein
The Bad Old Days

Have graduate requirements dropped as much as it seems for humanities Ph.D.‘s?

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Gina Barreca
Murder Mystery IX: Telltale Hearts

The heart is a lonely carrel.

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Laurie Fendrich
Robert Rauschenberg

The artist who taught us to look with excitement at the stuff we throw away died yesterday, at the age of 82.

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Bob Zemsky
What Does 'College Affordability' Mean?

High tuitions notwithstanding, a college education is still within reach.

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May 12, 2008

Gina Barreca
Murder Mystery VIII: Never Trust a Small Man

“Kicker suddenly started to hate Mann for insinuating that Kicker would go for this sort of thing.”

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Marc Bousquet
More Contingent Faculty Win Job Security

A new union of faculty serving part time wins raises and employment security in its first contract.

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Dan Greenberg
Where Are Arts and Humanities in the D.C. Money Chase?

Nowhere. That’s why they get crumbs.

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