Christina Lambert, assistant professor of English, talks Indian food, literature, and paragliding. If you could meet any author, who would you meet? S. Eliot loved to go out in London for a good dinner and a night at the theater. He’d often write his menu on the back of the playbill. I’d join for an...
“I believe in self-made men,” Joseph Pulitzer once said. The legacy he built to encourage American authors and journalists to seek excellence now threatens to destroy itself. The Pulitzer Prize Board will meet in October to discuss expanding eligibility for the prize to non-U.S. citizens. This change would disrespect Pulitzer’s legacy of American grit and...
Canada’s dispute with Meta comes in the middle of a record-setting wildfire season. Courtesy | Facebook The controversy unfolding between Canada and Meta should be a warning about the dangers of outsourcing a country’s safety. Canada’s Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18, became law in June, according to CTV News. While the Canadian...
Social media companies should be held responsible. Courtesy | pixabay Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, argued that Facebook ignored research revealing that Instagram causes mental health problems in teenage girls in 2021. More recently, TikTok has become controversial as various lawmakers suggest the app is Chinese spyware. These apps have led to discussions about whether...
Trump’s indictment was not just. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons. Did democracy die with Donald Trump’s arraignment? Perhaps not––but justice certainly did. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought a set of 34 counts against the former president, including falsifying business records, which is the lowest level felony in the state. Currently, it appears unlikely that Trump...