Students who have read, watched or performed any of the works of William Shakespeare know how frequently death factors into the plot. Tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Hamlet end with deaths of the titular characters — and many others, as well. Toby Widdicombe, Ph.D., professor of English, recently published a book exploring Shakespeare’s […]
“JD is the most irritating of Trump’s acolytes because he spouts absurd MAGA bullshit, knowing full well how stupid it is,” said one critic. As Republicans struggle to convince Americans to vote for the party whose policies have made workers’ lives more difficult and expensive, they’ve increasingly invoked the tried-and-true bogeyman of socialism—a word for […]
“This is a sick man who thinks it’s a joke to push over a million Texans into poverty by stealing their hard-earned benefits.” Ken Paxton, the Republican Party’s nominee for the US Senate in Texas, expressed a willingness to cut programs such as Social Security in a leaked recording published by The Texas Tribune on […]
The original motor vessel Kennicott, while on its return from it’s maiden voyage to Alaska on October 9th. 1923, struck the rocks at Hunters Point on Frederick Island, which is part of the Queen Charlotte Islands, in stormy weather. And when it ran aground, it broke up. When the Kennicott, owned by the Alaska Steamship […]