Bring back middlebrow! Oct 18, 2009
But in reflections prompted by reading A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books by Globe columnist Alex Beam, Pannapacker laments the disappearance from American family-room shelves of such volumes. For all their shortcomings, he writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Great Books - along with many other varieties of middlebrow culture - reflected a time when the liberal arts commanded more respect. (Boston Globe)
Mean-spirited swipe at vital movement Oct 1, 2009
ALEX BEAM S column (g, Sept. 29), about environmentalist and Lexington native Bill McKibben and his movement, is disrespectful and mean-spirited. s International Day of Climate Action is the most important citizens movement of our lives. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
'K Blows Top' recounts Khrushchev's bizarre US tour in 1959 May 31, 2009
Alex Beam, a Globe columnist, can be reached at. His most recent book is "A Great Idea at the Time.". (Boston Globe)
In digital age, it's getting harder to read Apr 28, 2009
Alex Beam is a Globe columnist. His e-dress. (Boston Globe)
Earth warming; get over it Mar 14, 2009
desertique wrote on Mar 13, 2009 5:19 PM:" Just a little background on Richard Lidzen. We don't want to ask him what he is smokin, just who pays him, what type or organizations he belongs to and what his political agenda is. That was an interesting 2006 opinion. I wonder if Lidzen is still having a problem now, four years later.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_LindzenAccording to a 1995 article in Harper's Magazine which was very critical of Lindzen and other global warming skeptics, Lindzen... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Canada's hero Mar 10, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Henry Alford's 'How To Live' Feb 8, 2009
Alex Beam is a columnist for The Boston Globe and the author of "A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.". . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Eating up the competition Feb 7, 2009
Alex Beam is a Globe columnist. His e-dress is. (Boston Globe)
