Charles Weller, clinical assistant professor of history at WSU and visiting researcher at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, examines a recurring trend in religious intolerance. » More …
It’s neurology and anatomy and hormones, inside the skull and below the belt. It’s soaring music and glowing art. It’s intimately personal and cosmically spiritual. It’s sensual pleasure. It’s high-minded sacrifice. It’s the survival of our species. And it’ll be the death of ya.
In 1929, the great American songwriter Cole Porter was only the latest to pose the riddle: “What is this thing called love?” » More …
By Lawrence Hatter, WSU assistant professor of history
A long-running dispute over land use in Oregon escalated into the armed occupation of the federal Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a “militia” led by the rancher Ammon Bundy on Jan. 2. Bundy and his followers dispute the constitutional right of the U.S. government to manage public lands in Oregon, which was also the cause of a standoff between Ammon’s father, Cliven, and federal officials in southern Nevada in 2014. » More …
When history professor Orlan Svingen encouraged nontraditional student Janet Creighton to complete her doctorate at WSU in the 1990s, he had no idea that she and her husband are philanthropists and longtime generous supporters of WSU. » More …
Candidate Ben Carson is tied for second place in Texas voting polls, and the conventional wisdom says his unlikely candidacy is faltering. Yet his recent tribulations seem only to have deepened the commitment of the Carson faithful, many of them evangelical Christians who, just as they have a personal relationship with Jesus, also have a personal relationship with Ben, via videos, his seminal texts — “Gifted Hands” and eight other books — his nurturing Facebook presence, and one particular moment when he appeared to challenge President Obama’s approach to leading the country. » More …