Epstein

Book review: Fred Astaire , by Joseph Epstein

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

FRED ASTAIRE, BY JOSEPH EPSTEIN Yale University Press, 192pp, £14.99

SHORTER JOSEPH EPSTEIN: THE ELITE SCHOOLS SUCK...

RADAMISTO (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

And they suck because they are liberal. Of course, I can go to one and so can my son, but that's another story altogether. (This could also be titled "SHORTER BILL BENNETT")

"Milk" Online: Rob Epstein On His 1984 Doc, Its Narrative Counterpart and Online Distribution

IndieWire (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

by Peter Knegt (November 26, 2008) "I've learned as filmmaker, doing this for thirty years now, that to survive you have to be able to adapt and adjust," " The Times of Harvey Milk " director Rob Epstein said. "In terms of production, I've shot on film and I've shot on video and I've shot on digital. You want to make those technological adjustments and make them work for you creatively and...

The Epstein-Barr Virus and the MS Immune System

Brass and Ivory (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

On Friday, my producer at The Health Central Network asked me to write something in response to news articles coming out of Australia regarding the Epstein-Barr virus, it's connection to MS, and the development of a vaccine. So over the weekend I've been - reading, studying, reading some more, writing a little, going back to read again to make sure I understand, writing......... Below is a brief...

Artists think war is bad

Adventures of Hoogrrl! (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jacob Epstein, Torso in metal from ‘The Rock Drill’, 1913-14 Courtesy of Tate © The Estate of Jacob Epstein Great article in the Financial Times a couple weeks ago about the impact that World War 1 had on avant-garde artists of the day. Artist Paul Nash spoke from the frontline: "It is unspeakable, godless, hopeless," he wrote to his wife, announcing that "I am a messenger who will bring...

The Privatization of Marriage

Locusts & Honey (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Richard Epstein recently trotted out an old libertarian talking point after the victory of Proposition 8 in California, effectively banning gay marriage. He suggested that marriage should be a wholly private activity and that there's no need for government involvement. Indeed, for most of American history, marriages were church, not government activities, and there was no need for a marriage...

Ivy in High Places

2 Blowhards (Free subscription) | yesterday

Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- Joseph Epstein, University of Chicago graduate, former member of the Northwestern University faculty and for many years editor of American Scholar, holds forth in the Weekly Standard on Ivy League (and ilk) schools and the kind of students that breeze through them. His hook is a David Brooks column on the backgrounds of those in high offices in Washington....

Welcoming Prof. David Hyman:

The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

I'm delighted to report that Prof. David Hyman of the University of Illinois law school will be joining us as a co-blogger. David directs the Epstein Program in Health Law and...

The "Good Grades" Assumption

Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Put Joseph Epstein down as a dissenter in the current gushing over the valedictocracy [Shades of David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest !]. An excerpt: The reason is that, after teaching at a university for 30 years, I have come to distrust the type I think of as "the good student"--that is, the student who sails through school and is easily admitted into the top colleges and professional...

Le Trahison des Clercs

Unqualified Offerings (Free subscription) | yesterday

Joseph Epstein has been a successful academic and a respected essayist, which makes him just the person to shit all over his own milieu in the name of the conservative assault on intellectual achievement. Western conservatives have long been obsessed with what they call the "treason of the intellectuals," the tendency for academics, artists and [...]

Enzian books The Times of Harvey Milk

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

... who dubbed himself "The Mayor of Castro Street." (1984) will play at the , and director Rob Epstein will be here to introduce the film and to take part in a Q & A afterward."With the recent election results on Florida's Amendment 2, California's Prop 8, and Arizona's Prop 102, the local and national GLBT community quickly became mobilized into action," says Margaret Nolan of Kangagirl Productions,...

Red Sox offer salary arbitration to 2, decline 7

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

General Manager Theo Epstein also announced Monday that the Red Sox declined arbitration with its seven other free agents: pitchers Bartolo Colon, Curt Schilling and Mike Timlin, catcher David Ross, infielders Sean Casey and Alex Cora, and outfielder Mark Kotsay.

Reports: Red Sox set to sign Japan's Tazawa

SI.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

BOSTON (AP) -- The and Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa have agreed to a major league contract, according to two newspaper reports.The 22-year-old right-hander, who has never played professional baseball, agreed to a deal worth about $3 million, the Boston Globe reported Monday. The Boston Herald reported Tazawa likely would sign a three-year contract by Tuesday.Boston general manager Theo Epstein...

• Red Sox set to sign Japanese right-hander - MSNBC.com
• Reports: Red Sox set to sign Japanese RHP Tazawa - Covers.com
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Obama’s Valedictocracy

Never Yet Melted (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Joseph Epstein has taught for too many years to believe that conspicuous success in today’s elite universities is commonly a testament to good character. Au contraire, Epstein argues: “Some of the worst people in the United States have gone to the Harvard or Yale Law Schools.” Last week the excellent David Brooks, in one of his [...]

Red Sox set to sign Japanese right-hander

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

... reported Tazawa likely would sign a three-year contract by Tuesday.Boston general manager Theo Epstein and owner Tom Werner did not return e-mails seeking comment.The Red Sox, who already have Japanese pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, would put Tazawa on the 40-man roster but he likely would begin next season in the minors. MORE FROM BASEBALL Baseball Section FrontBaseball