David PesciSwinehart praises 'Unlikely Allies,' the new book by Joel Richard Paul.
Foyle talks about the factors affecting Sen. Dodd's dropping poll numbers
President Roth reviews Breger's "A Dream of Undying Fame" for The Los Angeles Times
Asst. Prof. Kirk Swinehart calls the book ‘Cheerful Money,’ the “memoir of the season—and one for all time.”
According to Gary Yohe and other IPCC members the risks of global warming are increasing at a rapid rate.
President Michael S. Roth shares a heartfelt story about the vote on Maine's gay marriage initiative.
Gary Yohe: Federal cost vs. benefit formulas may not tell the whole story on climate change.
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviewed Daniel Goldhagen's Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the the Ongoing Assault on Humanity recently for The San Francisco Chronicle. In the book, Goldhagen attempts to show that "that genocide is an extension of the politics of 'eliminationism,' which is decisively shaped by political leaders and fueled by profound and widely shared hatred. However, Roth found Goldhagen simple-minded in many of his conclusions and proposed solutions.
Claire Potter, professor of history, professor of American studies, is quoted through her blog in a piece from The Week on President Obama's all male basketball games. Potter says who the president plays pick-up basketball with has nothing to do with women or women's issues and castigates The New York Times for legitimizing this issue by doing a story on it.
Mary Jane Rubenstein, assistant professor of religion, assistant professor of feminist, gender and sexuality studies, discusses some of varying attitudes among Episcopalians regarding the Vatican's recent offer to join the Roman Catholic Church. Episcopalian have been fractured by their church's recent acceptance of women and gays into leadership positions, with some dioceses reacting by splitting off and forming the Anglican Church of North America.
Edward Moran, chair and associate professor of astronomy, director of the Van Vleck Observatory, took time to explain what black holes are - and are not - on WNPR's Colin McEnroe Show.
Jeanine Basinger, chair and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, curator Cinema Archives, is quoted at length in a story in the Vancouver Sun about film roles that take actresses outside of Hollywood stereotypes.