Oct 28, 2021John Judge: A Personal RemembranceIt was mid-morning under grey skies somewhere between Dallas and Waco, on our way to the Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University. Randy Benson, a filmmaker and professor of documentary studies at Duke, walked alongside me. We trailed two figures walking and talking beside each other: John Judge and Robert…John Judge7 min readJohn Judge7 min read
Dec 14, 2020A fairly modest proposal about vaccinesI’ve decided to get into trouble today. It won’t take long, so don’t worry. Here goes nothin’. The media and the public are excited about a new vaccine for Covid-19. The media is worried that the public might be influenced by anti-vaxxers and will refuse to take the vaccine, while…Vaccines3 min readVaccines3 min read
Sep 19, 2020Unsafe at Any SpeedEdward Curtin’s Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies Susan Sontag once remarked that intelligence could be best understood as a “taste in ideas.” A throwaway quote, perhaps, but a pertinent one — although we might say a taste for ideas, since in our own time it is less about hierarchical arrangement and more about having any conscious thoughts…Essays3 min readEssays3 min read
