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Heart of the Matter Events

Later this month, on March 30th, I’ll be in Cambridge, MA to participate in a day-long series of conversations at...

Humanities Week at Virginia Tech

I'm looking forward to visiting with students and faculty at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, February 21 as a part of...

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Nobel laureate John Galsworthy cautioned that “If you don’t think about the future, you cannot have one,” so as the...

Over the River and Through the Woods…

This week, many Americans will be traveling to visit family and friends in celebration of Thanksgiving. To help make the...

A Taste of Fall at the National Humanities Center

One of the fringe benefits of living in a beautiful glass building nestled in the woods of central North Carolina: it’s...