Gabriel Michael
GABRIEL MICHAEL
In public debate, theology may still have a place

A week ago, before I began my afternoon trek back up Prospect Street and the hill that literally elevates the Divinity School above the rest […]

May 1, 2008

GABRIEL MICHAEL
Right to agency does not engender right to respect

In the past five years that I have spent at institutions of higher education, I have witnessed three visits by Ron Jeremy. That figure alone […]

April 17, 2008

GABRIEL MICHAEL
Comcast revises history, meddles disingenuously

“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.” While J.K. Rowling may have had in mind […]

April 2, 2008

GABRIEL MICHAEL
Elite grammarians? Try out-of-touch pedants

Yesterday, March 4, marked the first “National Grammar Day,” created by the nit-picking pedants of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar and sponsored […]

March 5, 2008

GABRIEL MICHAEL
For rock stars and professors, perform or perish

Harvard University’s recent decision to make faculty publications available online at no cost is the latest step forward in a decade-long push for open access […]

February 20, 2008

GABRIEL MICHAEL
Popular anti-religion creates false dichotomy

It is a telling sign of the times that both journalist Christopher Hitchens’ latest book, “God Is Not Great,” and Oxford professor Richard Dawkins’ latest […]

January 24, 2008