Carlyle’s Essays
In his review of the 1821 book Metrical Legends by the poetess Joanna Baillie, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle delivers a sorry verdict. “On a first perusal, her Metrical...
The Revenge of the Similacrum
Colin Burrow is fascinated how authors over the millennia have imitated one another. He explains why: “Imitation is an important concept because it is one which has never been...
The Hum of the World
“Caliban hears the hum of the world.”
Lawrence Kramer, Professor of English and Music at Fordham University, has written a book about what Caliban was able to hear. What was...
The First Gay President?
True or false: If Pete Buttegeig becomes President, he will be America's first gay President. Answer: maybe.
A book by Thomas Balcerski attempts to answer the question, was James Buchanan...
Black Bottom Saints
The Black Bottom and Paradise were two intertwined predominantly black enclaves situated in the city of Detroit. The area was bounded by Brush Street on the west, Grand Trunk...
How Technology Transforms Ethics
This book review is by Dr. M. Emanuele
The unoriginal premise of this book is that the mores and ethics of society change and evolve over time due to scientific...
The Future of School
Book review by Dr. M. Emanuele, who has been in the educational system of the U.S. in eight states over a period of many years.
This book by Jack Schneider...
BRANDO: The Contender
Johnny Depp, being interviewed, shared a story of how Marlon Brando once instructed him never to do three movies in a year: “We only have so many faces”, was...
Ash Carter and the Pentagon
To most Americans, the inner workings of the Defense Department/Pentagon is a conundrum, or at the very least a mystery. Its complexity and massive scope with far-reaching tentacles is...
A Classical Blood Transfusion
How the classical writings of ancient Greece and Rome were infused into Renaissance thought is the topic of this eminently fascinating book, edited by Syrithe Pugh at the University...
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Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo
“Our goal is to be a world-class zoo,” said Reid Park Zoo’s Deborah Carr, director of marketing and events. As she gave the Sun...
World Premiere in Tucson
written by Drs. C. Cunningham & M. Emanuele
Gretchen Wirges brought her one-woman show to the Invisible Theatre this week, marking its world premiere. Entitled...
Arizona in Space
A 2-room exhibit at the Arizona History Museum, entitled Ready To Launch, is designed to show Arizona’s place in space.
While it has elements of...
