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Social commentators nowadays express concern over the television-aided, Internet-abetted phenomenon of information cocooning: shows, channels, and websites reflect the partisan tastes of the niche to which they appeal, offering us [...]

Visitors from the West such as me, when they arrive in Egypt, are always invoking, and evoking, the past. Seated on his horse before the pyramids, Napoleon--whose rediscovery of Egypt […]

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis I love conservatives. That's probably a good thing because, as a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, I'm surrounded by them. Our students are conservative. I [...]

1. Robert Frost/Immanuel Kant Snowstorms encourage reflection--those storms, at least, when you're tucked away inside, rather than caught in an endless column of brake lights and the panic of the [...]

I. Is Literature True? The question whether written works are true, false, or in between, as well as the question of what we should make of our answer to that [...]

The poem "RE-READING ANNA KARENINA AS AUTUMN APPROACHES" by Bruce Fleming is presented. First Line: The thing about autumn and its onset; Last Line: Lay your shadow on the sundials.

The poem “POETRY CLASS AT THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY" by Bruce Fleming is presented. First Line: I go to poetry class. Last Line: And then I'm outta here.

The article offers the author's insights on the idea for the "Night at the Museum" films, which were set in various Smithsonian museums. Topics discussed include the idea for the movies came from the children's book "A Night in the Museum," by Milan Trenc, the first film was set in Museum of Natural History in New York City, and the fantasy of museums comong to life is an expression of discomfort.

An essay is presented which focuses on the issue of obsolescence, with emphasis on videocassettes, and the question of whether or not progress is possible. The author discusses how his involvement with videotapes became intense when he was in Rwanda. The four fundamental laws of progress are explained, one of which is the desire of the people to get what they do not have. According to the author, nostalgia is sure to happen after progress.

Presents a personal narrative which explores the author's experience at the Deep Springs College which he considers as his one of a kind experience.

An essay is presented on the death of postmodernism in publishing and the emergence of what the author called a Post-Crash Age (PCA). He tackles the abrupt efflorescence of advertisements from print-on-demand (POD) book publishing services such as iUniverse Inc. and Xlibris Corp. in the pages of the periodical "New York Review of Books." He believes that the contemporary trend in book publishing is a manifestation of the PCA wherein money and power play a significant role.

An essay is presented on a unique educational effort in the Deep Springs College in California. It highlights the quest of education advocates on student-centered learning. The author relates his experience with a college that starts every course from zero so they can take a taste of a lot of things.