Life often gives us unlikely symmetries. We see Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina falling into…
Author: Tropics of Meta
We are legion.
It’s that time of year when people in the world of academia remember what the word “anticlimactic” really means. All this building tension over the course of the semester, and then when it reaches its seeming crescendo in early December — splat.
As the notorious commitment-phobe Charles Dickens once said, it was the best of times, it…
Tropics of Meta may be a good, clean, family blog about historiography, but we do…
The student: Since the beginning of time, man has reached for greater heights. The talking…
Neoliberalism’s “casino capitalism” has stacked the political deck in favor of powerful private interests. At every step, however, protesters and other activists have opposed neoliberal logic and demanded the rights of people over the right to profits.
Our first week in a post-Anthony Kennedy America was about as bad as one would…
I believe Dr. Ford because I have lived her pain, and have felt similarly “derailed” by the abuse of another. I understand intrinsically why she did not initially report her assault as a teenager.
