Barack Obama’s recent nominations to the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and other pressures have led some media organizations to question whether an executive order against torture may be one of the new president’s initial policies.
Articles By: Bethany Stotts
Professors Heart Obama (Again)
January 20th is Inauguration Day for President Barack Obama, and Professor Andrew William Smith will certainly be among those celebrating this historic occasion.
Literary Deficiencies Identified
Professor Walter Benn Michaels recently argued that teaching social justice to rich students was hypocritical in the face of ongoing economic disparities between college students and the poorer populations who, he asserts, can’t get access to these schools.
Virtually Gay Ghettos
At this year’s Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention, two panelists diverged on whether new media aids or undermines the process of gay liberation.
Academic “Stimulus” Takes Shape
According to Politico, the education sector as a whole, including higher ed and other K-12 programs, might receive as much as $140 billion from the stimulus bill, although the final text of the legislation has not been released.
Voodoo Anyone? Vindicated Part 1
Listen to the often-prophetic comments of Professor Christopher T. Warden, author of Accuracy in Academia’s textbook Voodoo Anyone? How to Understand Economics Without Really Trying, in his last radio interview.
Voodoo Anyone? Vindicated Part 2
Listen to the often-prophetic comments of Professor Christopher T. Warden, author of Accuracy in Academia’s textbook Voodoo Anyone? How to Understand Economics Without Really Trying, in his last radio interview.
Voodoo Anyone? Vindicated
Listen to the often-prophetic comments of Professor Christopher T. Warden, author of Accuracy in Academia’s textbook Voodoo Anyone? How to Understand Economics Without Really Trying, in his last radio interview.
Another Meaning for “Difference”
At a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on “Disability and Human Rights,” assistant Professor Rebecca Wanzo argued for a new gynecological justice and equated unequal access to “family planning” resources with the controversial practice of female genital mutilation.
Religion MLA-Style
When critiquing modern religion, two English professors prefer to characterize faith as a blight on society.