Christian Brady

I must admit that I regularly find myself “defending” megachurches, not that I argue for their correctness, but just that so many of my colleagues (and the media) seem to be misinformed about them. This study offers a corrective. I wonder how much coverage it will receive? Among the megachurch […]

My colleague Susann Lusnia’s course on Pompeii has made the Tulane news. Pompeii. Herculaneum. New Orleans. Natural disasters that destroy part or all of a city are nothing new, says classical studies assistant professor Susann Lusnia. The spring course she teaches at Tulane about Pompeii, before and after the eruption […]

Time waster: Fear of Girls is a video about gamers. Too funny. Be sure to watch the bit with Doug Doug’s brother and sister-in-law.

It is up and running! There isn’t much there right now, but please take a look and tell me what you think. Many thanks to Len for our “Targuman” logo!

Apple on Tuesday shipped its recently introduced Intel-based MacBook Pro, surprising customers with processors speeds that are faster than previously announced. The new laptops are available beginning this week with speeds up to 2.16GHz. “We are shipping the fastest available microprocessor available in the Intel Core Duo family that they […]

A former Tulane Honors student who is a Marshall scholar in Oxford has found inspiration in Indiana Jones.

My student Evan Sparks writes: A few Bradyisms for you… “Everytime I think I’m a geek, I just get outgeeked.” In Historical Jesus: “Good name for a band, that: ‘Genuine Josephus.'” Late in the day halfway through a long seminar: “I see eyes glazing over, including my own.” There was […]

So says Rob Pegoraro of the Washington Post. My copy shipped last week and has not yet arrived so I cannot tell you how accurate his review is. I did see it in action last week in a friend’s office. The two main benefits (in my mind) are iWeb (and […]

The first pictures released aren’t exactly damning. You have to look hard for the little red circle in the back left of the first picture to see Abramoff. What does it prove? Wait a minute. Read this: It shows a bearded Abramoff in the background as Bush greets an Abramoff […]

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education looks into the suspension of 8 of our teams. It will be available until Feb. 15th (or by subscription). Rick Dickson thought he had seen the worst last summer after Hurricane Katrina caused $3.5-million in damage to Tulane University’s athletics facilities and […]