TD's blog

Watching CNN yesterday morning I got very sad and angry thinking about the affectless, bureaucratic nightmare that physically and psychologically injured or disabled living American vets frequently have to endure, in return for having put their lives on the line; or that surviving dependent families of veterans who have to endure on top of having lost their loved one. While there is a decent amount of visibility about the challenges of the return and transition home for the visibly or invisibly injured veterans, the inadequacy in care is glaring.  Read More »

Food is a wonderful distraction and a locus of cathected emotion for so many of us. As Mahvish Khan's recent article on the shifting kitchen-goddess paragon indicates, cooking plays a similar role, though perhaps less broadly for most of us than for the talented few (or many, depending) who cook on a regular basis and enjoy it.  Read More »

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Yesterday morning, Nicole and I had the pleasure of attending The Georgetown University Libraries Scholarly Communication Team's fifth symposium, Scholarly Communication and the Web: Creation and Collaboration. An impressive panel, moderated by William Olsen, discussed their groundbreaking integrations and interactions with digital media in their respective fields.  Read More »

I need to begin my discussion by responding to the allegation that the first quote that Brad cites, in his post "Are Bloggers the new Public Intellectuals?", which hints at the specter of the critique of the *irrelevance* of cultural studies or critical work.  Read More »