Arts

According to research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1920 the average American woman spent 30 hours per week preparing meals and cleaning up from them. By 1950, the number of hours per week women spent rustling up chow dropped…

The weather’s turning warm (and then cold again and then warm again, but let’s just forget the blustery part for now), the kids are clamoring to begin their video-game and amusement park-filled vacations, Leinenkugel Summer Shandy is in…

Every year, the Michigan Department of Education's Library of Michigan and its Michigan Notable Books program choose 20 of the most notable books published in the year. According to the Notable Books web site, "The selections are reflective…

The Atlantic is at it again. February/March thinking person's publications, including The Atlantic, Salon.com and even the Chicago Tribune took foodies and locavores to task for, well, "pomposity" and "sermonizing." It was a tough…

Rules, they’re not just for curfew-breaking teenagers or grueling sports matches. Sometimes rules can be overbearing, but sometimes they are absolutely necessary for everyone’s mutual enjoyment of a place, an event, or just life. Enter a…

What is culture? I guess you could define it as high-brow, artsy stuff, but the sociologist in me thinks of this concept more as it applies to society—a cohesive unit in which the members work together for their own individual benefit or…

On February 11, 2011 the World Bank issued a warning concerning a predicted sharp rise in global food prices. As a result, food sellers have been making concerted efforts to pass along the rising cost of ingredients to consumers. In the…

By Dorinda Fox I don’t watch Fox News and don’t want to. However, many of my long suffering students, who patiently read what I ask them to read and perform academic tasks I deem worthy, do watch Fox News. If they can read material that…