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|  | | Adieu Dubya: A Fond Farewell to the Worst President Ever
Was George W. Bush really the “worst president ever”? Immediately following his departure from office, historians ranked Dubya as the 36th best (or seventh from the worst) president in US history. Though that’s far from a laudable ranking, I still think that 36th out of 44 is a bit overgenerous. Certainly, incompetence is a difficult quality to measure—there are so many factors to consider. Nevertheless, if we take the global scope of Dubya’s bungling into consideration, I think it is safe to say that no president has ever impacted so many people so negatively as George W. Bush.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "> a name="0.1_r14w2">/a>a name="0.1_ooh%3A0">/a>font size="3" face="Calibri">Was George W. Bush really the “worst president ever” (Horton, 2008)? Immediately following his departure from office, historians ranked Dubya as the 36sup>th/sup> best (or seventh from the worst) president in US history (Metzler, 2009). Though that’s far from a laudable ranking, I still think that 36sup>th/sup> out of 44 is a bit overgenerous. Certainly, incompetence is a difficult | |  | | Email from the Edge: Global Dispatches from The Scholar Ship
The Scholar Ship is a fascinating concept in higher education. It's literally a floating university that operates out of a vintage, two hundred meter cruise ship, the MV Oceanic II. In this book, I have assembled a series of email dispatches that I sent to friends as my family and I pursued our round-the-world itinerary. If you enjoy reading these "dispatches from the edge" half as much as we enjoyed living the experiences, then you are surely in for a fun ride.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">The Scholar Ship (www.thescholarship.com) is a fascinating new concept in higher education. It's literally a floating university that operates out of a vintage, two hundred meter luxury liner, the MV Oceanic II. The Scholar Ship recruits students and faculty from all over the globe--about fifty different countries per voyage--and facilitates an elaborate intercultural educational program while cruising from port to port. Having been awarded a sabbatical for the spring 2008 semester, I was fortunate enough to have the availa | |  | | Email from the Edge: Revised and Updated
The Scholar Ship is a fascinating concept in higher education. Sadly, in the months following our Spring 2008 journey, The Scholar Ship ceased operations. Though The Scholar Ship may be gone, it will never be forgotten. In my opinion, global educational initiatives, such as The Scholar Ship, represent the future of international education. Perhaps I’m wearing rose-colored glasses, but I look forward (a few years down the road) to the re-launching of The Scholarship: bigger, better, and more fun than ever.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; line-height: 18px; ">The Scholar Ship (www.thescholarship.com) is a fascinating concept in higher education. Sadly, in the months following our Spring 2008 journey, The Scholar Ship ceased operations. Thus, as of this writing, The Scholar Ship is no more. A more complete and exhilarating educational vessel has never put to sea, but, alas, operating a university on the high seas is financially riskier than asking a pirate to safeguard your piggy bank. Though The Schola | |  | | The Politics of Selfhood: Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism
The presence of a motion picture documentary team during a Green Tortoise adventure trip created a variety of unique opportunities to evaluate the construction of identity in a postmodern, 'cinematic society' (Denzin, 1995). While, the 'gaze' (Nichols, 1991) of cameras often participated directly in the production of 'spectacular' events, the 'simulating' (Baudrillard, 1988, 1994) gaze of the cameras also served as a 'reflexive mechanism' through which to expose cinematic influences that construct contemporary reality.
Field Research on the Green Tortoise
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; ">In July of 1994, as part of a research project in which I examined the evolving frameworks of power in contemporary society, I took an eleven-day, New York City to San Francisco, adventure trip on the Green Tortoise. The Green Tortoise is a bus travel company, based in San Francisco, that emerged from the rebellious youth countercultures of the 1960's. The philosophy of the Green Tortoise (eg. 'Arrive inspired, not dog tired') is to transform traveling from a | |  | | Utopia on Wheels: Blundering Down the Road to Reality
This book describes a series of three journeys on the Green Tortoise, a very unusual adventure travel company.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; ">em>Utopia on Wheels/em> is a readable, interesting, and accessible introduction to contemporary social issues and theories. Through an exploration of the Green Tortoise, a San Francisco travel company that is dedicated to counter-culture adventures, Tim McGettigan uses three separate journeys as a means to examine the relationship between self and society. In this manner, he provides an entry-point for mass audiences to consider important sociological issues including the nature of social p |
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