The great medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer created timeless characters in his Canterbury Tales; archetypal personalities such as the Wife of Bath and the Miller endure to this day. Through them Chaucer could […]
Jane Austen – our newest – scholar rogue…?
Here I am once more in this scene of dissipation and vice, and I begin already to find my morals corrupted. – Jane Austen, Letters Jane Austen might not have completely approved […]
When titans clash: Google vs. AT&T for America’s Internet future
By Martin Bosworth The Federal Communications Commission recently announced plans to auction off portions of the wireless spectrum in order to raise money for the government. Although supporters of net neutrality and […]
There’s nothing sexy about starving for your art
By Martin Bosworth Writing at the Huffington Post, blogger Susan Madrak does an excellent job of eviscerating a pet peeve of mine–that the progressive community substitutes psychic income for good wages: I […]
Edwards gets hate from the right AND left
By Martin Bosworth If the saying that a man is judged by the enemies he makes is true, then John Edwards is a helluva man indeed. Yesterday Sam led an excellent counterattack […]
The mockingbird’s song isn’t heard in Jena, LA….
Today is the 46th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel about Southern race relations, To Kill a Mockingbird. This particular anniversary seems a bittersweet one, since the Jena 6 […]
Loving and loving…
Love’s not Time’s fool…. William Shakespeare I know why the caged bird sings… Paul Laurence Dunbar Today is a dubious anniversary in the history of my current state of sojourn, Virginia. It […]
