A journalist from New York is plunged into a crisis of faith after he is accused of “embellishing” his stories and taking certain liberties with the truth. He decides to head West to invent a new life for himself, but on the long drive to Los Angeles, the fabled City of Angels, he is forced to make an unexpected stop in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he comes across a street-theater group rehearsing in a local bar. What he doesn’t know in that moment is that this seemingly random encounter ...

One of the unfortunate by-products of our current approach to diversity has been the creation of an enclave society. Since the benefits of diversity are apportioned by group identity, diversity encourages us to find our own group and then "stick with our own kind." The result is inter-group rivalry and a deeply-divided society, one based on separate enclaves of identity that rarely if ever interact. If diversity is supposed to provide a way for us to understand each other, then the rise of...

The war should have ended years ago.Instead, August Atwell hunts Confederates through a bayou where time slips, monsters prowl the mangroves, and forgotten places refuse to stay buried. When a wealthy merchant hires him to recover a missing boy taken by the mysterious Andrinians, August reunites with his oldest companion — the irreverent, sharp-tongued wanderer known only as Antelope — and heads for the frontier settlement of Ironhale.Their investigation takes an unexpected...

One of the unfortunate by-products of our current approach to diversity has been the creation of an enclave society. Since the benefits of diversity are apportioned by group identity, diversity encourages us to find our own group and then "stick with our own kind." The result is inter-group rivalry and a deeply-divided society, one based on separate enclaves of identity that rarely if ever interact. If diversity is supposed to provide a way for us to understand each other, then the rise of...

Whether you are an undergraduate contemplating your next step in life, or a hard-working professional contemplating a career change, the decision to go to law school is not one to be taken lightly. Far too many people stumble into the decision to go to law school without having any real idea of what law school is all about or what kind of career might await them after they finish. Law can be a fascinating field of study and an exhilarating career path, but only if you know it is the right ...

A journalist from New York is plunged into a crisis of faith after he is accused of “embellishing” his stories and taking certain liberties with the truth. He decides to head West to invent a new life for himself, but on the long drive to Los Angeles, the fabled City of Angels, he is forced to make an unexpected stop in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he comes across a street-theater group rehearsing in a local bar. What he doesn’t know in that moment is that this seemingly random encounter ...

Whether you are an undergraduate contemplating your next step in life, or a hard-working professional contemplating a career change, the decision to go to law school is not one to be taken lightly. Far too many people stumble into the decision to go to law school without having any real idea of what law school is all about or what kind of career might await them after they finish. Law can be a fascinating field of study and an exhilarating career path, but only if you know it is the right ...

Virtues of the Bayou: ExileBook One of the Virtues of the Bayou seriesThe bayou does not forgive. It remembers.Judas Iscariot rules a hidden refuge deep within the endless marsh, surrounded by monsters, outcasts, prophets, and things older than scripture. Immortal, powerful, and exhausted by centuries of survival, he has carved out a fragile order among the forgotten.Then Heaven notices him again.An angel arrives bearing no ...

Diversity was supposed to offer us respect and understanding. Yet somehow we ended up with so much resentment and confusion, so much division and discord, that for many, the project is ruined. The well of diversity has been poisoned. With a bit of effort and introspection, however, there is still great hope to pull off the impossible and unpoison the well and let diversity do the wonderful things it was supposed to do in the first place. Unpoisoning the Well, which is Part 4 of th...

In spite of decades of diversity policy and practice, America is in many ways more divided than ever when it comes to issues of identity. Critics from the political left argue that we simply need more diversity to overcome the division, while critics from the political right argue that diversity has devolved into an unworkable set of unfair entitlements that are themselves the cause of the division. Understanding the Misunderstanding, the first part of the four-part series Our...

Although most people think first of politics when they think of diversity, history plays a surprisingly powerful and influential role in the creation of diversity as well. Identity is to a certain extent a narrative we tell about who we are and where we came from, and since diversity is primarily a group-based competitive process, group-based historical narratives become expressive claims to the spoils of diversity. This has lamentably created a debilitating sensitivity to any outside crit...

In spite of decades of diversity policy and practice, America is in many ways more divided than ever when it comes to issues of identity. Critics from the political left argue that we simply need more diversity to overcome the division, while critics from the political right argue that diversity has devolved into an unworkable set of unfair entitlements that are themselves the cause of the division. Understanding the Misunderstanding, the first part of the four-part series Our...