In Praise of Folly

Arsenal started strongly, got on the board in the 29 th minute, from a beautiful Ramsey header that looped over the Cardiff keeper and int...

Right-wing groups have always relied on galvanizing the nutty, violent and unstable (often conspiratorial) masses, from Hitler and Mussolin...

After hitting the post twice early and holding out against a dangerous attack from Southampton, Arsenal snagged the full three points in th...

British Airways has a new ad campaign, with animated billboards that have a child rise and point toward the sky as BA planes fly by. While ...

As promised, here is the first installment of my short series on major trends in postsecondary education that appear to challenge its more ...

I thought I would highlight some of the latest examples of conservative craziness just in the past week below (thanks to this Salon articl...

A popular trope that developed around the time of the Obama election in 2008 was the notion of a “post-racial” society ( Who's Afraid o...

This title sounds like an ideal Abbott and Costello remake for the present age , but what I’m referring to are the softballs that the Sunda...

The right has been seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act ever since its passage in early 2010. As the most significant regulatory ove...

After a week that was shaping up as the best in years, Arsenal were brought back to earth by a highly-motivated United side that chased eve...

Salon writer David Sirota wrote an interesting article last week about a concept he calls liberal-washing, “about wrapping corporate Ameri...

Two weeks after a disappointing 2-1 loss to Dortmund at the Emirates, Arsenal pulled off something no team in Europe ever has in the Champi...

It appears Chris Christie will soon be announcing his bid for Republican  Presidential nomination, after the expected landslide victory in ...

This month I will explore the attacks on higher education in the blog (see the Chronicle article “College at Risk”), arguing it is part of...

Arsenal restored order at the Emirates with a huge 2-0 win over second place Liverpool, overcoming two setbacks in a seven day period less ...

Advertisers use a diverse range of strategies to get deep within consumer’s unconscious – trying to create and then satisfy constructed des...