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Month: February 2019

Posted onFebruary 18, 2019February 19, 2019

In Defense of Trump

Several events frame the plot connecting Trump with Putin and the Russian oligarchs. Trump/Russia: A Definitive History by Seth Hettena is certainly one of the…

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Posted onFebruary 13, 2019February 13, 2019

Another Good-Bye

I’m always slightly startled to find that I’m in my seventies and sliding downhill. On this side of the journey, I seem to be saying…

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Posted onFebruary 11, 2019February 12, 2019

Coondogging Indentured Servitude

I began this blog to write about teaching writing. I stopped teaching two years ago and have increasingly (and perhaps unavoidably) swerved both in my…

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Posted onFebruary 3, 2019February 12, 2019

The Ralph Northam Controversy.

Compared to my last post, this one should be brief. It follows from the heterodox/orthodox discussion below. By heterodox, the people in the discussion below…

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Posted onFebruary 3, 2019February 12, 2019

Heterodox/Orthodox Education

The following post to a writing teachers listserv (WPA-l) was a consequence of an over-spirited conversation among college writing (usually referred to as rhet/comp) teachers discussing the…

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