In the middle of Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett, I came across a funny/insightful passage I thought I might blog about — only to discover that it has its own Wikipedia page. 📚
A very happy boy after playing in the hose.
Sometimes teaching — or the kind of teaching I do, anyway — forces you to confront certain dramatic juxtapositions, as I was recently reminded.
I’m delighted that Davide Mascioli, who had first thought of the Space Exploration Logo Archive as a website, decided to turn it into a series of booklets.
Truthless. I am psyched. I would be under any circumstances but especially because of my long career as a fabulist.
My question for those who make an economic defense of the liberal arts is always this: If the liberal arts cease to be financially rewarding, will you cease defending them?
Bruce Herman, “Meditation”
I’m going to spend some time with my first-years today discussing the skill of critical ignoring. First step: encouraging them to remember that any claim made without evidence can and should be dismissed without evidence.
At this stage of a campaign season, journalism consists largely of frantically shouting at people who would never in a million years vote for Candidate X that they shouldn’t vote for Candidate X.