On both sides of the Mexico-US border, ghosts exert an influence upon my family’s sense…
Author: Michael A. Vargas
My mini-reflection on what we can learn from crises was published today, August 10, 2020,…
John Lewis, civil rights leader and congressman, died on July 17. He will be buried…
An earlier post on this blog showed how the Alt-Right loves the malleability of the…
Students and readers have asked me to offer some points of comparison between the period…
In recent years, the people who think about disaster preparedness, as well as pundits and…
I abhor medieval fairs. When I joke about my revulsion with students, I tell them…
As the year 2020 approaches you may be in a mood to put behind you…
In this post I show in a slightly wonky and self-deprecating way how fickle we…
Here are two stories that came to my attention today. One, a piece by Julie…
"Making it Medieval" 