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The Old Soldier Fades Away: After Half-a-Century of Unstuffing Shirts

Robert C. Harvey

in Insider Histories of Cartooning: Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators

This chapter claims that cartoonist Bill Mauldin created some of the most memorable cartoon images of the twentieth century. His creation Willie and Joe—who were scruffy, bristle-chinned, and ... More

This chapter claims that cartoonist Bill Mauldin created some of the most memorable cartoon images of the twentieth century. His creation Willie and Joe—who were scruffy, bristle-chinned, and stoop-shouldered in their wrinkled and torn uniforms—defied pointless Army regulations and rituals. They are faithful representation of the average foot soldier's plight and proclivities made Mauldin's cartoons immensely popular with the men in the trenches. His cartoons appeared regularly in Stars and Stripes, the famed serviceman's newspaper. He was later assigned to division headquarters and worked full-time as a soldier cartoonist. The images of Mauldin's reportage of the raw ironies of battlefield life won him the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes in 1945.Less

The Hypothesis in Science Education

Bradley E. Alger

in Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data

This chapter presents a wide though unsystematic review of formal educational resources of information about the hypothesis, at levels from grade school through to professional science. The focus in ... More

This chapter presents a wide though unsystematic review of formal educational resources of information about the hypothesis, at levels from grade school through to professional science. The focus in the early school years is on the Next Generation Science Standards, intended to be a national norm for science teachers, as well as two commercial programs meant to guide science teaching. At the college level, several books on critical thinking are briefly analyzed, although the emphasis is on a popular textbook that is designed to teach how to think scientifically. The chapter points up several possible adverse influences on public perceptions of science, including views on topics ranging from astrology to global climate change, that could arise from misapprehensions about the nature of science that are fostered by many of these sources. Finally, attention turns to the websites of the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to sample resources available to professional scientists. In general, the information concerning the scientific hypothesis across all of these sources was inconsistent in depth, detail, and accuracy. The chapter offers a number of suggestions for improving science education in this area.Less

Bill Mauldin and the Politics of Postwar American Satire

in Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America

This chapter examines the postwar cartooning career of Bill Mauldin. Mauldin emerged from World War II as one of America's foremost liberal cartoonists, but his hopes of using his pen to speak out ... More

This chapter examines the postwar cartooning career of Bill Mauldin. Mauldin emerged from World War II as one of America's foremost liberal cartoonists, but his hopes of using his pen to speak out against the nation's postwar ills were severely chastened by the politics of anticommunism.Less