Today, the BDH published my last column of the semester, which argued that the Political Theory Project acted irresponsibly when it paid John Yoo to speak at Brown in February. Though the column is a little late on the Brown side of things, the case(s) against Yoo and company have only gotten stronger with further [...]
I read this in my writing seminar today. I’m fairly pleased with the result, so I thought I would share it with you.
I would have to label myself as being unjustifiably forward were I to simply say, “I am interested in the concept of the orgasm” and leave it at that. This would be unacceptably [...]
Dear Writing Fellow Selection Committee,
When I applied to be a Writing Fellow during the spring semester of my freshman year, I remember having some trouble with part B. Simply put, I hadn’t done enough college writing yet. After a spending much of that fall and winter holed away in Barus and Holley, MacMillan, and the [...]
“As for what motivated me, it is quite simple; I would hope that in the eyes of some people it might be sufficient in itself. It was curiosity - the only kind of curiosity, in any case, that is worth acting upon with a degree of obstinacy: not the curiosity that seeks to assimilate what [...]
One only needs to stand at Prospect Park and look over Providence at night to see local examples of the irrational exuberance of the recent housing boom. Few of the hundreds of new condos downtown are ever lit because barely anyone lives down there. With at least two large condo complexes still ostensibly under construction, [...]
This (almost) makes me glad that I didn’t go anywhere this week for spring break:
Prague’s Franz Kafka International Named World’s Most Alienating Airport
Timothy Geithner’s/Obama’s bank rescue plan doesn’t give me a lot of confidence. Here’s why:
Paul Krugman has posted a few times in the past couple days about the bank rescue plan. He argues that the Geithner plan is treating this crisis in the wrong way. By propping up the prices of the “toxic waste” that is [...]
I won’t argue that the piece I wrote for my BDH column this week was well written. But there’s something fishy going on with the BDH Opinions section. Allow me to explain.
On Monday, the BDH published a front page story criticizing Brown VP for International Relations David Kennedy’s ‘76 agenda for the Watson Institute. He’s [...]
The nytimes.com article covering yesterday’s friday the 13th plane crash in Buffalo, NY had an interesting graphic half way down the page:
Of course, the Times had a slideshow of original flames and smoke photography. But I think this illustrates the cultural relevance of Google Maps insofar as it has become the record of the way [...]
In the continuing story of SNL reclaiming its cultural relevance, I think this week’s “Weekend Update” really did justice to Michael Phelps’ troubles with one of the world’s top producers of munchie food.
I’m sorry that this is causing trouble for Phelps, but I think he will ultimately come out as a more respected (i.e. honest, real) [...]