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Contemporary Americans, wrote the philosopher Richard Rorty, are "rich fat [and] tired;" they live in an "Alexandrian" culture. Craig Brandon's...
Shrub Studies
In a new collection of essays, scholars assess the presidency of George W. Bush. Scott McLemee takes a look.
Art of the Conference Paper
Alessandro Angelini explains how grad students can impress when they present at academic meetings.
7 Ways College Has Improved Since 91
We spend so much time worrying about what is wrong with our U.S. higher ed system that it is easy...
What can Texas Hold 'Em Teach Me About Technology?
I'm playing in a poker tournament next week for an association's foundation fund. Apparently I will be playing something called...
When Everyone Leads, Who Labors?
Anyone in the academy already knows that if a letter of recommendation praises a student as a ‘hard worker,’ the...
Telling the Future
The Boy's school recently had Back to School night, so the four of us went to see what there was...
If Henry Could See Us Now
When some colleagues thought they would enhance student reading of Walden by reconstructing Thoreau's cabin, they ran into bureaucracy that offered its own lessons, writes Michael Smith.