Knowledge Without Understanding

by Joshua Sharf | 11:18 pm, June 24, 2012

It’s safe to say that Tom Holland is one of the better popular historians going right now.  I thoroughly enjoyed his Rubicon, for instance.  And he takes on big subjects, like the origins of the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, and Christianity.  Now, he’s examining the origins of Islam using traditional scholarly techniques, in In [...]

Knowledge Without Understanding

by Joshua Sharf | 11:18 pm, June 24, 2012

It’s safe to say that Tom Holland is one of the better popular historians going right now.  I thoroughly enjoyed his Rubicon, for instance.  And he takes on big subjects, like the origins of the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, and Christianity.  Now, he’s examining the origins of Islam using traditional scholarly techniques, in In [...]

Ward Churchill and the racist roots of academic tenure

by Ikonoclast | 11:37 pm, April 2, 2009

Well, the verdict is in – and although I’m not surprised, I am disappointed that a jury of theoretically rational adults (yes, 19 is an adult) found that he was “fired over protected free speech.”  Although most of the initial commentary has focused on the $1 award for damages – “a slap in the face” for [...]

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