I’ve realized pretty quickly that this dining review column has to be more than me telling you about my favorite restaurants (of which there are many).
Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”
A new semester has just started, and I’m more excited than usual—that is, less depressed that summer vacation is over. The College of Arts & Letters just hired two scholars to beef up our programs in Science and Technology Studies and Science Communication.
How would you like to play video games for money? Being the dreams of many gamers aside, it is actually much tougher than you think.
Amazon’s $970 million acquisition of Twitch last week sent the industry into a furor of surprise and speculation regarding why the purchase was made.
Though smartwatches are seemingly poised to be the next big trend in consumer electronics, there are very few companies doing them right.
Is there a more urgent problem in the world today than war? And when I say “war,” I mean also militarism, the culture of war, the armies, arms, industries, policies, plans, propaganda, prejudices, rationalizations that make lethal group conflict not only possible but also likely.
Some do not see this as an e-sport, and some barely see this game as a MMO, but Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is taking over the gaming world by storm.
A big welcome to the Class of 2018! By now, the majority of you have either settled into the meal plan, are burning through your Duckbills, or have adjusted to feeding yourself, also known as a combination of irresponsible food choices and mostly eating out.
I lack the tribalism gene. I don’t identify strongly, emotionally, with clusterings of people, whether nation, hometown, religion, ethnic group, profession or sports team (although long ago I endured the horror of being a Mets fan).
Corvid cleverness is making news lately. Researchers in New Zealand recently reported that crows can mimic the fictional hero of Aesop’s ancient fable “The Crow and the Pitcher.”