Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga
If our brains act according to the causal laws governing all matter, in what sense can we be said to be free?
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
Blue Ridge: Streams Are Roaring Blue Ridge: Streams Are Roaring
Morning in the shade of a persimmon tree. Later, downstream below a hornbeam. A shy man hollers from across the valley. Every other rhododendron flower holds a tiny bee, just the way each macaroni shell in pasta e fagioli eventually holds a bean. A little Italian goes well up here. Latin, too&emdash;castanea, ruficapilla, caroliniana: Paroles: Dogwood calls the catbirds. Black cherry calls the blue.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Merrill Gilfillan
Shelf Life Shelf Life
José Luis Guerín’s In the City of Sylvia, Tanya Hamilton’s Night Catches Us, Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid
News of the Occupy Wall Street “media blackout” sparked reactions from sympathetic students across the country.
Nov 16, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent
Despite their bank accounts, the NBA’s players may have more in common with the Occupy Wall Street protesters than with the league’s over-greedy owners.
Nov 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Jordan, Arab League Hypocrisy on Syria Jordan, Arab League Hypocrisy on Syria
The Arab alliance of kings takes aim at Assad.
Nov 16, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Occupy Cal General Assembly Votes to Re-establish Encampment Occupy Cal General Assembly Votes to Re-establish Encampment
Last week's police violence in Berkeley has emboldened Occupy Cal campus activists.
Nov 16, 2011 / StudentNation / Victoria Pardini & Aaida Samad
Penn State Alum/Leader of NOW Calls Out Penn State’s Trustees for Toothless Internal Investigation Penn State Alum/Leader of NOW Calls Out Penn State’s Trustees for Toothless Internal Investigation
Joanne Tosti-Vasey, the Pennsylvania NOW President is campaigning to make sure that the rape culture at Penn State is forcefully challenged.
Nov 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch
An obscure dissatisfaction, a sense that no formal solution works for long, is shared by the art of Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Starting out in Seattle: On Jonathan Raban Starting out in Seattle: On Jonathan Raban
Jonathan Raban has made a persona out of the self that feels nowhere at home.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick