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It’s A Trap, or, Why Going to Congress Is a Bad Idea

Several high-profile university presidents went before Congress this week and got eviscerated for apparent latent antisemitism. These events, by themselves, are not notable or unpredictable, but I saw an interesting sidebar today in the Times on their attempts at prepping, via lawyers. Top-level university administrators spend an inordinate amount of their work hours talking to […]

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NCTE hijinks

So an organization that I am a member of, the National Council of Teachers of English, released this statement yesterday. It’s not long, so I’ll reproduce it here. I also got it in an email. This week NCTE’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English released a statement regarding the war in […]

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The Potter-Taran Treatise

Another one from the archives. I’ve been reading the Prydain Chronicles to my sons lately (we’re on the third book) and I suddenly remembered that I’d written this almost 20 years ago. I edited it lightly. Not all of the Potterverse was available yet in 2004, but I think the main criticisms are still valid. […]