The “function of education”
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Revealing boundary-breaking book review focused on the similarities between human and animal intelligences and the problem of anthropomorphism
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
[What follows is a guest column I wrote for The Crescent News (Defiance, OH). It was published on Jan. 18, 2016.] While many celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., his complexity has been largely erased from our memories. He has been sentimentalized to such an extent that the radical nature of his message has been lost. Even…
JSTOR Daily and my 2005 essay on The Big Lebowski
JSTOR Daily is featuring my 2005 essay on The Big Lebowski. You can grab a free pdf of the essay at this link. Enjoy.
Defying the Certainty of the Christian Right
Killing the Buddha has published my recent piece on “Defying the Certainty of the Christian Right.” Check it out.
An Act That Enabled Acceptance – The New York Times
“Certainly, the longevity of our union also owes a great debt to honest communication and creative problem solving. The wedding photo is a good example. We put it up only after we grew tired of deliverymen and repairmen and housecleaners asking if she was my sister, or my nurse. Some have even called her a…
FAITH: Atheism is Wasted on The Nonbeliever, by Richard Rodriguez | The Value of Sparrows
“I believe in Jesus Christ, the Christ who was a loser in human history — destroyed by this world — whose life reveals in its generosity and tragedy the most complete and challenging version of theism I know. What the New Atheists do not comprehend is that the crucifix cannot be mocked. It is itself…
My New Book, What Comes After Occupy?
I just published What Comes After Occupy? The Regional Politics of Resistance (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015). Here’s the blurb from the back cover: Occupy Wall Street, as centered in New York City, received much publicity. Little attention, however, has been granted to the hundreds of Occupy groups in marginal locations whose creative politics were certainly not limited…
