by Shellee O'Brien | Reading LIst
The Unanswered Questions of the American Presidency and the Constitution #CitizensRead Book Club picks up a constitutional guide to what future presidents need to know. A recent appeals court decision acknowledged a concession many have resisted. Twitter has...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Reading LIst
American founders worried about limiting our expectations if we only understood ourselves through lists. In the original case, the question revolved around the perils of listing fundamental rights. That list became our Bill of Rights, a document that many mistake for...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Reading LIst
If you’ve ever taught the Civil Rights Movement or even had a conversation about it, there’s a book you should read. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson reminded me of one of my favorite classroom moments talking about the Movement. It also made me re-think...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Reading LIst
We think KNOWING is so easy that we approach the unknowable with suspicion. Longitude by Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrews is a worthwhile read if only to challenge the certainty of our suppositions. Modern precision is grounded in countless struggles with...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Reading LIst
Now showing: “every utterance, every court filing, every public transaction, every burp, every miscue.” In an interesting read, Jack Shafer wonders about the state of our politics “now that we have dirt on everyone.” While some debate the power...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Reading LIst
Watching William Gibson’s “No Maps for These Territories,” I found one brief moment in the film that resonated with a million other moments in time. The famous science fiction author wanted to describe his work and to explain why he has never seen...
