Regular observations and conversations on ways the humanities serve, or fail to serve, the greater good.
2511, 2017
Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary
Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.
1810, 2017
More fables for modern times
Modern fables speak to what is old and new.
1809, 2017
The Two Gardens
Do gardens display the course of time, or a timeless science?
1308, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
807, 2017
Out of the woods: no trees at the library
The Vatican City correspondent deliberates on the absence of trees at the library.
606, 2017
The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
105, 2017
Fables for the Present Time
Stories of science and learning in our time.
404, 2017
Death has no answer
A dialogue about life extension and limits, beyond biology and scholarship.
703, 2017
On silence
On silence. Why poets, and others, look for quietude – with lovers, friends, or by themselves – in lieu of words Doodle: Good morning, Noodle. You appear deep in thought. Noodle: Thanks for the interruption. [...]
402, 2017
Mountain shadows, mountain light
The balance needed for wholeness.