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10 Mel Brooks Witticisms in Honor of His 91st Birthday 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Today is Mel Brooks’ 91st birthday. He was born as Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. Best known for being an American actor and director, Brooks is considered one of the great comedic directors of the modern era. He has directed and appeared in such films as Blazing Saddles, Space
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Paddington Bear Creator Michael Bond Dies 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Michael Bond, the creator of the much-adored Paddington Bear, died on Tuesday, according to media reports. He was 91 years old. Bond is famous for his books about a marmalade-loving bear who moves to London from Peru. Since Paddington’s creation in 1958, Bond had written more than 150 books about Paddington, had multiple children’s
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Thinking Rationally about Health Care 0
- Politics
- June 28, 2017
In order to make legislative choices about health care that are both humane and rational, we need to ask and discuss whether health care is a right or a commodity. If some sort or degree of health care is a right, we owe that care to each other regardless of individual ability to pay. If
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The Muslim Tradition of Sci-fi and Speculative Fiction 0
- History
- June 27, 2017
Think invisible men, time travel, flying machines and journeys to other planets are the product of the European or ‘Western’ imagination? Open One Thousand and One Nights – a collection of folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age, from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE – and you will find it stuffed full
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America’s Ignorance of the Past May Cost it the Future 0
- Culture
- June 27, 2017
If you spent any time in a classroom or library as a child, chances are you were introduced to a Newbery Award winning book. I know I was, which is why my interest was piqued when I discovered that the Newbery Medal is witnessing its 95th birthday this year. The very first Newbery Medal was
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How Classroom Management Has Changed Since 1913 0
- History
- June 27, 2017
In 1913, the state of Kentucky published the Elementary Course of Study which was, according to its introduction, “… intended for the use of teachers of the common schools of the State, giving them a definitive idea of the amount of work to be done in each branch, and suggesting methods of doing it.” The
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