“What’s Wrong with the Humanities?”

I was saddened just minutes ago, while driving home from a lecture in West Jordan, Utah, to learn of the passing of my former dean (in BYU’s College of Humanities), Randy Jones.  Unless I’m mistaken, it was only a few weeks ago that I last spoke with him, and the news comes as a bit of a shock.  He had talked to me several times about wanting to come with me to Turkey someday.  Unfortunately, it never happened.

In other humanities-related news, my friend and colleague Jeff Chadwick brought this little essay to my attention:

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/02/16248/

I completely agree with it.  At every single point.  Strongly.