Category: Politics
Stars Wars fanatics the world over, Mobtown not excluded, celebrated May the 4th be with You, I'll Have Another is headed to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown, and the Baltimore Orioles swept the Boston Red Sox after a marathon 17-inning game. We've been busy at the Press, too. Read on for…
By Brendan Coyne, exhibits and awards manager If you've been paying any attention at all to our political discourse in recent weeks you know that reproduction is a hot and controversial topic. From Susan G. Komen for the Cure to insuring contraception for women, uncomfortable questions about sex and power and religion have forced their…
Guest post by Christopher N. Phillips What place does storytelling have in literary history today? I didn’t expect this to be a central question in my book, Epic in American Culture, but the more I explored the topic, the more I realized that storytelling caused many of the problems I faced in this project—and story…
The United States invaded Iraq nine years ago yesterday. And with combat troops out of that nation and plans to withdraw from Afghanistan well under way--despite some ongoing controversy--international relations scholar Mark N. Katz's newest book, Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan, is a timely argument for viewing America's disengagement…
Guest post by Sean D. Moore Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is perhaps the greatest prose satirist in the English language. Famous for such works in the English literary canon as Gulliver's Travels, it must be noted, in this St. Patrick's Day season, that he was essentially an Irish writer. As I argue in my recent JHU…
Guest post by Sean D. Moore Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is perhaps the greatest prose satirist in the English language. Famous for such works in the English literary canon as Gulliver's Travels, it must be noted, in this St. Patrick's Day season, that he was essentially an Irish writer. As I argue in my recent JHU…
Guest post by Robert M. Pallitto One of the big questions in the media these days is whether torture should be used to interrogate terrorists and prevent future attacks. When I hear these discussions, I get the sense that we are facing this question for the first time in our post-9/11 world. Even the famous…
Guest post by Ronald P. Formisano In the days before Mitt Romney’s primary victory in the Nevada caucuses on February 4, one prominent story line coming out of the Silver State focused on the inability of Romney's Tea Party opponents to unite behind one of his rivals. The Tea Partiers, according to several reports, were…
Guest post by Alexandra M. Lord Recently, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation pulled its financial support of breast cancer screening and education programs run by Planned Parenthood. The reasons for pulling their support? According to a spokesperson for the Komen Foundation, the organization has adopted a new rule that prohibits grants to organizations under …
Guest post by Alexandra M. Lord Recently, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation pulled its financial support of breast cancer screening and education programs run by Planned Parenthood. The reasons for pulling their support? According to a spokesperson for the Komen Foundation, the organization has adopted a new rule that prohibits grants to organizations…