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Journalists: The “Enemy of the American People”; Also, an “Accountability” Poll

I seem to be educating future enemies of the American people. Donald Trump has branded his critics in the US…

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• PopCult

Pippin! Last show today at 2pm.

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Carolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue contest. Finals are Monday night.

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Fake Kitsch! Not Really the 80s!

There is a part of me that misses the 80s. I miss the loud grating sound a floppy drive disk…

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• Rhetoric
• Speech

Advice for My Conservative Students

A professor who had been a conservative undergraduate (but who now identifies as libertarian-left) offers advice to red students who…

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Renata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend’s Pippin.

• Personal

One strategic twist-tie, and my bedside cable-tangles are a distant memory.

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First They Got Sick, Then They Moved Into a Virtual Utopia

When my son was about five, I sat him on my lap and let him explore the world of Riven…

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• Journalism
• Politics
• Rhetoric

John Oliver Returns to Out-News the News—by Ignoring Trump

I prefer reading and listening to the news rather than watching it, but I'm glad to know that some TV…

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• Writing

I touched up an intro to hypertext essays from 2000.

When I initially wrote this introduction to hypertext essays in 2000, my assumption was that readers would be experienced writers who…