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Raising Future Writers
I think the kids picked up the 'obsessed with language' gene. Two vignettes from last night's dinner: The Wife: TG...
I'm Going on Sabbatical
An adjunct's sabbatical, that is, which means I'll be staying in the teaching harness until I drop but taking a...
... be very afraid!
Like everybody else, I'm following what's happening in Washington with regard to the possible bailout of financial markets. What strikes...
WHO KILLED DAVID FOSTER WALLACE?
Suicides, especially the suicides of sensitive writers we love (Virginia Woolf, Randall Jarrell, Sylvia Plath, David Foster Wallace), are a...
Don't Go Changing
Barack Obama’s campaign slogan, “Change we can believe in,” will never be mistaken for a classic of the genre. It...
Bumper Stickers? Really?
Some issues are difficult. They feature the conflict of valid goods, a shortage of critical resources, or clashes of identity...
The Anti-Intellectual Presidency
A new book looks at the dumbing-down of American politics. Scott McLemee is surprised it's in one volume.
Well, Duh...
A new report from the American Council on Education (see it here) entitled "Too Many Rungs on the Ladder? Faculty...