Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: September 2, 2016 At this point in my life, after more than 40 years as a journalist and writer, I just want to be with people, and that includes authors, who can teach me something or make me laugh. Willard Spiegelman, Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University, does […]
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Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: September 3, 2016 Willard Spiegelman commentary, writes about retiring to Manhattan In his famous essay about New York, E. B. White distinguished among three cities and three types of New Yorkers. The first two — the city belonging to people born here, and that of commuters who work here by day […]
CBS News Originally Posted: August 30, 2016 DALLAS (CBS11) – After serving as Texas’ longest-serving Governor and running for President twice, Rick Perry is now stepping out in a new direction: reality TV. Starting next month, he’ll be a contestant on Dancing With The Stars. It’s another example of politics and entertainment crossing paths – this […]
THINK KERA Originally Posted- August 29, 2016 If you think this year’s presidential campaigns seem more divisive and acrimonious than ever before, you’re not alone. And the political rhetoric is making waves – not just here at home but abroad as well. This hour, as part of a NPR’s “A Nation Engaged” conversation project, we’ll talk […]
Fox 4 Originally Posted: July 29, 2016 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world. She aggressively challenged Republican Donald Trump’s ability to do the same. “Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real […]
Black Enterprise Originally Posted: July 19, 2016 Kimbilio, a community of writers and scholars committed to developing, empowering, and sustaining fiction authors from the African diaspora and their stories, hosts an annual retreat for writers of color to read, write, and learn from each other. A project of the English Department and The Dedman College of Humanities […]
Mustang Minute Originally Posted: July 22, 2016 [youtube]https://youtu.be/QAKZ55vzf50[/youtube]
KTSA Originally Posted: July 20, 2016 Trump To Take The Spotlight The Republican Nominee for President takes the stage at the Republican National Convention Thursday Night. We asked Matthew Wilson at SMU what we can expect to hear from Donald trump. He says to not expect the conventional political speech form Trump because there is […]
SMU News Originally Posted: July 15, 2016 Pence safe but “lacking sizzle” — says Matthew Wilson, an SMU associate professor of Political Science. A series of Thursday leaks that Donald Trump would name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence his running mate and an announced 11 a.m. introductory news conference was derailed overnight by a terrorist attack in Nice, […]
SMU NEWS Originally Posted: July 11, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – One hundred years ago, a world that had long known monarchy, empire, and briefly democracy and a republic, was introduced to a new form of government: Communism, which rose to power with the fall of Tsarist Russia. On the centennial anniversary of the Russian Revolution, a […]