Jack ChengCognoscenti contributor WebsiteJack Cheng directs the Clemente Course in the Humanities. He blogs here.Recently publishedThe Patriots' Superficial Secret WeaponAs unlikely as it seems, the Patriots owe their success to being the best-looking team in football, writes Jack Cheng.CognoscentiFeb 2, 2018I Took My 11-Year-Old Daughter To Work ... In SudanI did worry, writes Jack Cheng. But she had the chance to dig up a 1,000-year-old child’s skeleton.CognoscentiApr 27, 2017History Repeating: Lessons From The Civil Rights Era For Maximizing The Power Of ProtestsWe can learn from history in an effort to repeat past successes, writes Jack Cheng.CognoscentiFeb 3, 2017An Inauguration Day Message From A Time-Traveling Political JunkieHundreds of comic books, movies and television shows later, Jack Cheng finally gets it: Time travel will save us all.CognoscentiJan 20, 2017A New 'Celebrity Apprentice' Host, And Other Silver Linings From The ElectionFor those who find themselves in a spiral of despair after last Tuesday's outcome, Jack Cheng, avowed optimist, offers this perspective. CognoscentiNov 14, 2016AdvertisementSingle Screen Unites Family? 'Stranger Things' Have Been Known To HappenAll of a sudden, writes Jack Cheng, instead of parent culture and tween culture, we had a family cultural moment.CognoscentiSep 21, 2016The City-State Of BostonYou can't take the region away from the city. And you can't take the city away from the region.CognoscentiFeb 6, 2014
The Patriots' Superficial Secret WeaponAs unlikely as it seems, the Patriots owe their success to being the best-looking team in football, writes Jack Cheng.CognoscentiFeb 2, 2018
I Took My 11-Year-Old Daughter To Work ... In SudanI did worry, writes Jack Cheng. But she had the chance to dig up a 1,000-year-old child’s skeleton.CognoscentiApr 27, 2017
History Repeating: Lessons From The Civil Rights Era For Maximizing The Power Of ProtestsWe can learn from history in an effort to repeat past successes, writes Jack Cheng.CognoscentiFeb 3, 2017
An Inauguration Day Message From A Time-Traveling Political JunkieHundreds of comic books, movies and television shows later, Jack Cheng finally gets it: Time travel will save us all.CognoscentiJan 20, 2017
A New 'Celebrity Apprentice' Host, And Other Silver Linings From The ElectionFor those who find themselves in a spiral of despair after last Tuesday's outcome, Jack Cheng, avowed optimist, offers this perspective. CognoscentiNov 14, 2016
Single Screen Unites Family? 'Stranger Things' Have Been Known To HappenAll of a sudden, writes Jack Cheng, instead of parent culture and tween culture, we had a family cultural moment.CognoscentiSep 21, 2016
The City-State Of BostonYou can't take the region away from the city. And you can't take the city away from the region.CognoscentiFeb 6, 2014