Spears’s Departure Triggers Questions
Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced that she would not seek a position as permanent Dean.By Blake S. Neff No sooner did Dartmouth’s…
February 2011
Lackluster Focus for MLK Keynote
Bryan Stevenson, this year’s MLK Day keynote speaker, is a MacArthur Fellowship grant recipient and professor at the NYU School of Law.By Benjamin M. Riley…
MVP Doug Jones Leads Dartmouth Ice Hockey
Dartmouth forward Doug Jones hails from Marietta, Georgia. (Photo courtesy of Mark Washburn). By David I. Rufful The Dartmouth men’s hockey team traveled to Manchester…
Twain’s Memoirs Well Worth 100-Year Wait
Twain, hard at work.By William D. Aubin Appropriately (if my readers will bear with me, you will see just how appropriately), my attempts to obtain,…
“Dumb and Dumber” with a Jihadist Face
Waj, one of the dimwitted aspirants to martyrdom depicted in “Four Lions” poses here with a toy AK-47.By Sterling C. Beard There are many things…
Updike’s Grand and Tantalizing Final Act
John Updike passed away in 2009.By J.P. Harrington A wrinkled, weathered face staring off into the distance – waiting for the inevitable end to approach…
Steve Martin Eyes the New York Art World
By Benjamin M. Riley Steve Martin, an active New York art collector, sheds light on the scene’s seamy underbelly in “An Object of Beauty.”It is…
Sam Harris’s Arbitrary Moral Vision
Sam Harris, author of “The Moral Landscape,” is one of America’s most noted atheists. By Blake S. Neff When I was growing up, one kernel…
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, But I Like It: Keith Richards’s “Life”
By Georgia Travers Keith Richards came from the most humble circumstances – an impoverished boy from the London factory slum of Dartford – to become…
Hillenbrand Delivers a Profile in Courage
By Thomas Hauch Olympic runner and World War II veteran Louis Zamperini is the subject of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller, “Unbroken” (Random House).“All he could see,…