“Arms and the man, I sing…” opens Virgil’s Aeneid. This poem creates the model of the heroic figure using his battle skills to escape destruction, woo lovelies, and ultimately, found an Empire […]
It’s past time for some perspective on recent stock market volatility
As of 10:16 MDT, September 7, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 200.87 points, the NASDAQ is off 46.49 points, and the Standard & Poors 500 is off 20.64. Put […]
Justice Department on net neutrality: “Trust us”
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday the Justice Department filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission opposing the principle of “net neutrality” and urging the FCC not to sanction regulations to protect it. In […]
The end of “objectivity”: S&R special report on journalism education
Part two in a series. Let’s begin with a brief look at how Americans view the press. A 2004 Gallup Poll says “Americans rate the trustworthiness of journalists at about the level […]
S&R succumbs to Listmania! Name the 10 greatest American musicians ever
The author of this post, who usually writes about national security and nuclear deproliferation, has decided that, for one day, he’d fiddle while Rome burns. No more immune to the passion for […]
Scroguely Works: If on a winter’s night a traveler
If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino, first published 1979, 254 pages, ISBN 978-1857151381 You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night […]
