Events
Illegitimate mothers from the Bible to the Mommy Blog
This lecture finds its genesis in a shared understanding that contemporary conceptions of legitimate motherhood have [Read More]
Western students meet Eastern medicine
A core value of any institution of higher education is to “cultivate diversity, multi-ethnic participation, and [Read More]
Examining mind/brain-based instruction
Over the past few years, a new topic has emerged in teacher preparation literature. Typically referred to as [Read More]
Politics
Local voters weigh in on Obama victory
If the local election-watching parties were any indication, the 2008 U.S. presidential election held few surprises for Savannahians. Civility dominated the low-key atmosphere [Read More]
Editorials
Oh, pluck it
A friend once called me and, before I had a chance to say hello, asked rapidly, “What [Read More]
On demons and doctors
American sportswriter Red Smith once said, “There’s nothing to writing. All you do is [Read More]
Aliens and archaeology
Sometimes I feel like a humorless Jerry Seinfeld, asking a not-nearly-drunk-enough crowd [Read More]
Research
Philosophy, television inform health care reform
The second House M.D. research project by Jack Simmons and CPHMR co-founder Leigh E. Rich, “Heidegger and ‘House’: The twofold task in working out the question of [Read More]
Books
Friedan, feminism and fun
Coming soon ... a look back at Betty Friedan’s classic text that launched Second Wave [Read More]
Authors sign book in blood
Horror authors Christopher Leppek and Emanuel “Mani” Isler never thought “chaos” [Read More]
Prepared or panicked?
In the mid-1300s, the “Great Mortality” decimated nearly one-third of Europe’s [Read More]
Articles
The elusive but useful epidemic
When it comes to many of today’s epidemics, perhaps, as FDR warned during the height of the Great Depression, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This is the message epidemiologist Philip Alcabes examines in his recent book, Dread: How Fear and Fantasy [Read More]
Hope, history and hype
The Democrats touted their 2008 gathering in Denver as “a convention of firsts,” with its live high-definition [Read More]
Convening for change
This November change is the only option, say the Georgia Democrats, who promise they can’t—and won’t—finish what [Read More]
Critical care
Four hours before DNC Chairman Howard Deans banged the gavel and began the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, [Read More]