During my grad school days in the early 2000s, when I was just learning to teach, I used to lie to my students quite a bit. For example, on the first day of class, I often introduced my married self to my class using the word partner instead of wife…

Now that Special Counsel Mueller has spoken publicly about his findings, the time has come for a discussion about what know. While the understanding of what we know and don’t know might become clearer as we move forward, a number of facts have been pretty thoroughly established. For example, we…

McKean County, Pennsylvania: I’ve been visiting this place since I was a kid. It’s quiet, with good hunting. Next to the Allegheny River, near the northern border of the state, it’s removed from pretty much everything. There’s a college town about 25 miles away, but in the winter, the mountain…

In a brilliant article written for Vox.com by David Roberts, we are introduced to what the author calls an “epistemic crisis” that has changed the very nature of knowing itself, at least for many Americans: The US is experiencing a deep epistemic breach, a split not just in what we…

I’ve always loved Spider-Man. I mean, what’s not to love? He’s strong, brave, selfless, and he’s got one of the cooler superhero outfits ever created. But my favorite part about Spider-Man isn’t the webs or the wall crawling, or the sweet super-villains. It’s Ben Parker; good old Uncle Ben. …

Update — 8/12/2019: We all remember where we were, and what we were doing when it happened. I was at my keyboard. This is what I had to say: What began as a march of irrelevant, underemployed white men with statue-issues escalated into a national tragedy on the streets of…