The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

Fox News traffics in populist outrage.  It is its forte, its stock in trade so to speak. It’s not hard to see why.  For one thing, it’s...

Toward the end of last semester, I got an email from my department chair.  Well, not exactly from my department chair, whose messages are ...

After running errands yesterday afternoon, I dropped in at a wine shop I occasionally frequent.  Sampling a few bottles trying to decide up...

I awakened late on Friday morning with an odd sense of unease.  Looking at the clock, it read 9:15…a quarter past noon on the East Coas...

The weeks since November 8 th have had a surreal aspect.  The impending Trump presidency is something which, on some days, I can’t believe...

The passing of Fidel Castro has evoked mixed feelings for me.  Initially I felt a sense of disbelief, as if he might last forever as a livi...

In the age-old struggle between the Yahoos and Houyhnhnms, bet on the Yahoos.  For once, I am at a loss for words even though I’m not ...