An Even Better Table for Ben Carson’s Office

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is a brief descriptive item from the daily newsletter Curbed, taken largely from the announcement from Wright Auctions: A rare work by midcentury designer Isamu Noguchi, a 1948 marble table, is expected to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million when it heads to the auction block later this year. A…

For Zuckerberg, Big Issues Looming through 2020

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is the lead item in last night’s Overnight Technology newsletter from The Hill: Highlights from Zuckerberg’s Interviews: CNN: Zuckerberg said the company was open to some regulation. “Actually, I’m not sure we shouldn’t be regulated.” “I actually think the question is more ‘What is the right regulation?’ rather than ‘Yes…

Headline of the Day

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Our relationship with technology—and, in particular, technological advancements that are on the horizon and that promise major and not entirely predictable changes in how we conduct our daily lives—has always been ambivalent at best. But the newsletter teaser for an article in the Los Angeles Times on the inevitability of human…

“Wright in Your Neighborhood” Forums

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The Wright State Chapter of AAUP will be holding three community forums this semester on the value of a public university to the Miami Valley region around Dayton. We have decided that since the university seems to de-emphasize faculty in its advertising and public messaging, we will attempt to redress that…