Since the early twentieth century, disciplines such as English, history, and philosophy have suffered from enemies both within and without. It’s time to fight back. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Paula Marantz Cohen, an English professor at Drexel University, responds to those in the scientific community who downplay the importance of
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As I went for my usual afternoon walk on my old campus at Notre Dame – recalling the class I had in that building, the conversation I had over there, the quiet moments reading on that bench there – I became aware of the creeping feeling of regret, as happens every so often. You see,
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Images of persecuted Christians have not inflicted less emotional pain for the fact that they have become altogether too commonplace. Their fellow believers, and benevolent people of all backgrounds, have asked what they can do about it. A new book delves deeply into the topic before coming to a surprising conclusion: The first step to aiding the tortured Body
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So you think you might like teaching college English. You love the language and its great works. Lots of people are like that, including me. Good, but beware. Teaching college English, especially freshman comp, is not for the faint-hearted. If you are drawn to the profession by the joys you experienced in grad school reading
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As I avoided the potholes, ignored the sounds of guns, and walked past beggars throughout the streets of New Orleans, I could not help but be reminded of my travels in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With their mass poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the two cities differ in one key area: Phnom Penh is in a developing
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No one should accept the new transgender ideology unless he can answer the following 10 questions with answers that actually make sense: 1. If it is “impossible for a man to feel what a woman feels” (as men are often told), then how could a man ever “transition” to a woman because he “feels like
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