The Education of Oronte Churm

He was the best of us, as they say, but that’s not claiming much moral high ground. Back in what’s...

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My preceding post was about a collection of poems by an 18th-century Vietnamese concubine, Ho Xuan Huong, who wrote in...

By Oronte

Back at the end of February I set out to blog about Spring Essence, a collection of poems by an...

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It was blessedly cool and bright today, and I walked over to campus, where I haven’t been in weeks. I...

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Murray Sperber writes in Declining by Degrees that an “Academic Arms Race” began in the post-Sputnik boom-era for higher ed...

By Oronte

A devoted reader writes to ask, “What should I be reading this summer?” I too like reading lists. They’re the...

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There is a heaven after all Studies find that fast food tastes best when eaten by tropical crows

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We’ll be traveling for a few days, and I expect my posts to be intermittent next week, so here’s a...

By Oronte