Perspectives

Occasionally the Modern Language Association (MLA) actually does look at language, and makes a valuable contribution to the sum of…

In a presentation to a Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on sexual violence, Ariana Vigil, a women’s studies professor at…

Harriet Beecher Stowe, European gardens and gender bias were discussed in a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel at their…

It’s interesting that although liberals are the ones who most like to talk about protecting the environment, conservatives are the…

George Orwell might have been amused. Academia is well on its way to quite literally becoming Animal Farm. Indeed, the…

It’s interesting that some of the same people who go ballistic at the suggestion that corporations are people are quite…

That intact families are more economically solvent than fractured ones has long been observed outside of academe. Arguably, as with…

Academics generally resist most attempts to invade their sanctum. Nevertheless, although they may share an elastic definition of “scholarship,” they…

Maybe it’s time we revived that phrase “question authority.” “The president’s ironclad confidence in the conclusiveness of the science, and therefore the…

Academics are still using the Halloween costume controversy at Yale as a teachable moment. One wonders what they will learn….

Here are our top ten stories from 2015: 1. George W. Bush, Reappraised? Sort Of Wait, people praising George W….

As we celebrate Christmas, Reagan’s 1981 address is worth reading: Nancy and I are very happy to send our warmest…