Tom McBride

Tom McBride is professor of English and Keefer professor of humanities at Beloit College, Wisconsin. His work has appeared in Britannica.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications. He is co-editor of Beloits internationally famous and annual Mindset List.

The United States of Vidal

A friend of mine is convinced that the film critic Roger Ebert is the number one public intellectual in the United States. No doubt my friend thinks so because of

By Tom McBride

/ 28 Mar 2006

Big ideas and wandering fools: Saul Bellow

Many years ago a friend of mine, in an unconsciously Saul Bellow moment, described one of his professors as follows: “Harry goes on and on about whether existence precedes essence

By Tom McBride

/ 6 Apr 2005