Then and Now
The other day Nicholas Kristoff published a satirical take-down of Paul Ryan and his budget priorities in the New York Times. He imagines a conversation between Ryan and Jesus, in which Ryan pushes back on Jesus' call to have mercy on those who are … [Continue reading] about And Moses Said Unto the GOP…
This essay is cross-posted at thetalmud.com where it kicks off a series on digital humanities. The other week I attended a workshop called Classical Philology Goes Digital Workshop in Potsdam, Germany. The major goal of the workshop, which was … [Continue reading] about Tagging the Talmud
It must be a daunting task to memorialize the Holocaust. The fact is, there is no real way to do this right. No matter how good your representation, in whatever medium, you know that you will face harsh, withering criticism. There is simply no way … [Continue reading] about Telling the Story of the Holocaust in Germany. Or Not.
At most colleges and universities, the granting of tenure and promotion is based on achievement in three key areas: scholarship, teaching, and service. Measuring scholarship and service is not exactly straight-forward, but is still a relatively … [Continue reading] about Evaluating University Teaching
When I pay our son's college tuition I am given a variety of options, from full payment up-front to installment plans, but no matter how I pay I must use U.S. currency. Which raises the question, before there was a standard U.S. currency, how did … [Continue reading] about Paying for College in 1803