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Insignificant Wranglings
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St. Augustine of Hippo
Even in 400 AD people were in too much of a hurry: Careful consideration of many other such things (which can be done by those who are not hard-pressed by the need to finish a book!) reveals that the basic … Continue reading
How I Pick My Battles
One of my friends asked a provocative question over facebook this morning. Those familiar with this blog’s history will likely know its source. But it is a great question. My answer might be a little “blue,” but I think it … Continue reading
Quintilian Responds to Plato
Addressing the idea that rhetoric be forbidden because it is capable of evil: Under such a mode of reasoning, neither will generals, nor magistrates, nor medicine, nor even wisdom itself, be of any utility; […] in the hands of physicians … Continue reading
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Rowan on New Car Smell
Me: “This is the first time you’ll ride in dad’s new car” Rowan: “Why does your new car smell like dog poop?” Me: “That’s called new car smell. A lot of people like it” Rowan: “A lot of people like … Continue reading
Aaron Schwartz on education
Aaron Schwartz has a short piece today (“Individuals in a World of Science”) on what I consider a rhetorical problem–finding an acceptable balance between individual (agency) and synthesized (agency). This seemed to be the driving question at a number of … Continue reading
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Here, Hear Ulmer (Or, U Might Learn Electracy, Really)
Today professor Ulmer visited University of South Florida to give a talk on electracy and have a discussion with our graduate students. I had the pleasure of introducing Professor Ulmer. Here’s my introduction (I have some notes from the talk … Continue reading
With a Little Help from My Friends
I have other things that need to get done. Deadlines that have passed. Deadlines that approach. But I’m going to take 30 minutes to write something. This has been brewing for awhile, but I have neither energy nor time to … Continue reading
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Help Save the National Writing Project
David Beard called attention to the killing of the Striving Readers and National Writing Project over on the Blogora today. I repost an email posted by David: David Beard, Federal legislation for Striving Readers and the National Writing Project passed … Continue reading
Music / February / 2011
Keeping with my new year’s resolution to listen to more (and new) music, here’s what I picked up in February: Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: I picked this up because I respect any album that gets a … Continue reading
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Latour, Gorgias, and Levinas Take 15
This article keeps beating me up–every time I think I know what I am doing, it runs away. I believe I am finally whipping it in to shape, but I want to make sure the following paragraphs make sense to … Continue reading