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Predictions For 2011: Submit Yours Today!
Since everybody remembers what Yogi Berra said about this hoary subject, we can skip it. Still, we can't help but wonder with Calvin, where are all the rocket ships…
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Denis Dutton RIP? Arts & Letters Daily Too?
The shock to the loyal readers of Arts & Letters Daily must have been as great as mine, when I clicked and saw this (early Tuesday morning in Taipei, 28…
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What Will They Protest Now? Guest Post by G. Willikers
'G. Willikers' is an old friend of mine and another long-time higher education insider. I tend to think old G is right, and that those schools who have banned ROTC…
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Cultural Suicide: Have A Merry Holidays
Suicide used to be considered a criminal act. Naturally, once you've offed yourself and the authorities have your corpse in hand, there is not much in the way of punishment…
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John Cage’s 4′ 33″
As much as I think his theories are composed of aether, I wish, and heartily too, that John Cage's masterpiece 4' 33" were pumped through public speakers more often. I…
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What Culture Has Wrought, The Grammys
The guy walked up to me and said---well, what he said started with a word not often seen in print. He ended his two-word phrase with a "you". Far from…
On Traveling
Given a robust sample size of three flights in one day, I can conclusively tell you that the time most people simultaneously spring from their seat and head for the…
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Amazon Removes Buy Buttons, SUNY Albany Removes Departments
Amazon Removes Buy Buttons Amazon plays hardball with publishers, according to Onnesha Roychoudhuri writing in the Boston Review (HT to A&LD): This past January John Sargent, CEO of the publisher…