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Of Musicals, Teen Snark and Venn Diagrams

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Scene: I am driving my teenagers to an audition. Girl: Peter, did you leave your sideburns? Boy: I didn't shave…

“What Teachers Make” Sequence of Assignments

9 years ago

Every year I rewatch Taylor Mali's passionate defense of "What Teachers Make." As part of a sequence of assignments designed…

The Rhetoric of Anthems and the Drama of Kneeling

9 years ago

I don't follow sports, so I don't feel fully equipped to comment on the issue, but when a friend raised…

World Trade Center Literary and Cultural Reflections (first posted September 11, 2001)

9 years ago

Not knowing what else to do, in the numb hours after the towers fell, I made a web page that…

Facebook’s Censorship Problem Is What Happens When a Tech Company Controls the News

9 years ago

Facebook makes editorial decisions that affect its presentation of news through its "news" (?) feed. But Facebook is in the…

That’s what’s been bothering me since yesterday’s #AirPod reveal. #manamana

9 years ago

Number of times one of my $9.99 headphones fell out of my ears while I was mowing the lawn this…

The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM

9 years ago

When you plug an audio cable into a smartphone, it just works. It doesn’t matter whether the headphones were made…

Why Are Babies So Dumb If Humans Are So Smart?

9 years ago

Fascinating theory. The hard work of raising helpless babies is part of the natural selection process that made us as…