The Mythgard Institute just posted a list of books in theirbookstore for their Tolkien and Lewis course next semester. Seeing this, it occurred to me that I haven’t followed up on my impressions of Mythgard’s inaugural offering on Tolkien and the Epic. The course has been quite excellent, to say the least. I honestly did … [Read more…]
The Mythgard Institute is a new organization that is trying to promote studies and research related to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien (and related fields). While simultaneously opening a new door for such an interesting and rich body of work, the institute is diving headfirst into the crevasse of online academia in an … [Read more…]
Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy has some problems with a recent U.S. District Court decision that ruled a teacher’s comments about creationism violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I am not a lawyer, but it seems that the problem has less to do with the fact that public … [Read more…]