Out of Africa

October 8, 2012 · Liam Julian, Magazine, Africa

Last March the social--networking thickets caught fire, sparked by an online video called Kony 2012. Its creator, founder of the San Diego-based group Invisible Children Inc., was hoping to broadcast the misdeeds of the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The short film was viewed tens of millions of…

The Political Miró

May 11, 2012 · Arts, Liam Julian, Blog

“Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape” is at the National Gallery of Art through August 12. The conceit of the exhibit is that Miró was no sequestered surrealist but an artist readily engaged with politics and society—“an artist of his times,” as a wall caption puts it. Visitors reading that caption…

The Man Within

May 30, 2011 · Liam Julian, Magazine, Books and Arts

When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know That

Papa Does Paris

September 21, 2009 · Liam Julian, Magazine, Books and Arts

A Moveable Feast

Against National Standards

August 10, 2009 · Liam Julian, Magazine

America's system of K-12 educational standards is confused and bothersome. Standards differ from state to state, and while some are quite good, many are dreadful, beset by sundry problems including mammoth omissions and factual errors.

Murray's Truths

September 22, 2008 · Liam Julian, Magazine, Books and Arts

Real Education

College Daze

May 5, 2008 · Liam Julian, Magazine, Books and Arts

Education's End