Thinking With Bartlet’s State of the Union

Last summer, I had the privilege of participating in an on-line roundtable discussing Aaron Sorkin’s work. My piece focused on the potency of Sorkin’s Josiah Bartlet, the president of The West Wing. His poignant articulation of the American Dream is thought-provoking and inspiring. And as I mentioned in that post, fans are still listening. On [...]

The Aesthetics of Missions

“The entry porch was meant to face—across Marston Quad—a chapel that was never built. Smith Campus Center, however, fit the bill when built in 1999, finally allowing a “visual dialogue between the north and south side of the quadrangle,” states Pomona College: Reflections on a Campus.” I love the eclectic architecture of the Claremont Colleges. While [...]