Harold Bloom: The Yale scholar on Falstaff and ‘the death of humanistic studies’. From Weekend Confidential, by Alexandra Wolfe. Print: WSJ April 8-9, 2017, p.C17, vol. CCLXIX, no. 81. Online: www.wsj.com/articles/harold-blooms-critical-thinking-1491582477 Comments on the interview: Clearly, this WSJ interview is another warning of the decline of the humanities. For 50 years, Professor Bloom has…
“Do not go gentle into that good night” – Dylan Thomas The following translated paragraph is drawn from “The Necessary Place of the Humanities in Modern Culture – An Introduction to the Current Debate” by Jörg-Dieter Gauger and Günther Rüther. It is followed by brief comments and the original German text. Cultural Education…
Explore what you can do on the iPad. Learn the basics with the titles highlighted below: The ultimate iPad : your digital life at your fingertips / James Floyd Kelly. Use Your iPad to Simplify, De-Clutter, Improve, and De-Stress Your Life! Your iPad. You already know it s fun. But did you know it can save…
Big Little Lies is an American-Comedy Drama airing on HBO (February 2017). It was based on a novel of the same name written by Liane Moriarty. Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads. Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one….
(Article No. 2) Remarks on the influence of materialism. by Edward Eggleston “No farmer is more slave to his plow, than a gentleman following the clock of fashion”. — W.H. Auden, “The Rake’s Progress” … And so we express our “freedom”: by an increasing economic servitude. A few prefatory comments…
(Series explanation. An educational model excessively governed by business, science, and technology subjects is inadequate and unbalanced, despite the gloss of “modern progress”. The reduction (or even elimination) of humanistic studies deserves serious attention. The long term effects of such educational policies, carried out by various institutions, will be immense. In view of the scale…
