In this fourth episode of Curriculum Vitae, Peter W. Wood and Jonathan Leaf discuss the purpose of art. Jonathan is a playwright who places deep intellectual questions centerstage. Today, art is seen simply as a means of expressing social complaints or a tool to be used for political stunts. In this episode, Jonathan and Peter attempt to track the philosophical and social attitudes that transformed art from the cultivation of excellence into the production of mass entertainment.
September 6, 2024
Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...
October 29, 2024
Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....
September 25, 2024
The National Association of Scholars is outraged—but not surprised—by Penn's decision to penalize Wax for exercising her academic freedom. ...
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
October 12, 2010
What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...
September 21, 2010
A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....
