December 9, 2008

Sailing Past Byzantium

Peter Wood

Peter Wood channels his inner William Butler Yeats

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December 9, 2008

Happy Birthday John Milton!

Ashley Thorne

The poet who brought us Paradise Lost turns 400 today.

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December 8, 2008

Critical Thoughtlessness

Peter Wood

Stephen Zelnick refutes the cult of "critical thinking" now used as a substitute for a real curriculum.

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December 5, 2008

Voluntyranny

Ashley Thorne

Forced community service kind of defeats the purpose.

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December 4, 2008

NAS Confers, Hell Stirs

Peter Wood

As the time for our conference approaches(Washington, DC, Jan. 9-11), some may hear of it and tremble...

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December 4, 2008

Peer at the Rear

Ashley Thorne

Satire on the professor-student relationship

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December 3, 2008

Rocket Science

Peter Wood

NAS pays homage to an inventor

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December 2, 2008

Holiday Conquest

Ashley Thorne

Lessons from the "educational" board game

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December 1, 2008

Extra-Curricular Updike

Peter Wood

Should college students read novels by contemporary author John Updike?

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Bad Faith Noncompliance: Virginia Schools Flout Supreme Court and Trump with DEI ‘Rebrand’

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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Hamilton: An American Musical - Its National Influence as Art

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