Socrates Speaks To Us, Across Time
In 2018, Yannis Simonides (SM) channels Socrates in a one-man show touring the USA, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Russia — using ancient texts to challenge modern life.
Jeff Wheelwright Gets His Head Examined
Discover magazine asked our own Jeff Wheelwright to write about a UCLA study of the aging brain. Given that his own brain is aging, he enrolled in the study and offers a first-hand perspective.
The resulting article was published in the October issue of Discover. It weaves together a report on what is happening, generally, to all of us, and what, specifically, Jeff experienced.
Through Mem’ry’s Haze
In 2016, a Yale student wrote a 25-page paper for History 134 (“Yale and America”) on Charles Apel (JE ’69). Apel was an “early adopter” of LSD, marijuana, etc., before dropping out in ’67. Cameos by Timothy Leary, Janis Joplin, … and the campus police.
3 Classmates Advance Bipartisan Electoral College Reform
Making Every Vote Count (MEVC) — a new, national group co-founded by our own Reed Hundt and dedicated to reforming the Electoral College — got significant support for its key arguments from a new research published today.
Tom McNamee Defends The Grizzly On NPR and NYTimes
On July 17, our own Tom McNamee appeared as a guest on On Point, with Tom Ashbrook. Our Tom and bear biologist Chris Servheen discussed whether removing the Grizzly Bear from the endangered species list in Yellowstone was premature. You can listen to the whole episode by clicking on the link at the top of the episode page. Tom has also authored a powerful argument published on July 14, 2017 as an Op-Ed in the…
