INSIDE THE LIBERAL ARTS
Critical Thinking and Citizenship
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, March 2023)
As no better man advances to take this matter in hand, I hereupon offer my own poor endeavors.
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
THE SOUND BITE SOCIETY
Television and the American Mind
Named a Choice
“Outstanding Academic Title”
SOUND BITE is an intellectual bungie jump off a suspension bridge. It's a bold, fresh, creative, thought-provoking book.
AmericanWasteland.com
THE BIG PICTURE
Why Democracies Need Journalistic Excellence
Lively and provocative … a sharp, accessible, often funny book … suitable for scholars and graduate students alike.
M. Feldstein
Journalism
TISBURY TALES
A Vineyard Chronicle
(in progress)
As a student of liberal education, I have firmly embraced an idea that has become anathema in academic (and other) circles: the idea of the so-called “ivory tower.” In this post, I’ll explain why.