A few good finds from this Canadian blog:
- The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil
Third
Edition, 2002 The Day of the
Condour
or How to be a Propour Canadian Spellour
Ronald de Sousa
I scarcely dare fourmulate this question, lest it be censoured,
and–Horrour of horrours!–deter our Honourary Donours. Yet suffour me to
exhourt you: four though some may harbour the thought that this minour question
is not wourth the furour, or think–in errour–that I speak humourously, this
issue is especially impourtant for our langourous juniours to considour —
provided, of course, they have not been savouring liquour priour to pouring over
this text, endeavouring to gauge its tenour.The
Awesome Destructive Power of the Corporate Power Media
The Black
CommentatorIf a mildly progressive, Internet-driven, young white middle
class-centered, movement-like campaign such as Dean’s – flush with money derived
from unconventional sources, backed by significant sections of labor, reinforced
by big name endorsements and surging with upward momentum – can be derailed in a
matter of weeks at the whim of corporate media, then all of us are in deep
trouble.The Dean beat-down should signal an intense reassessment of media’s role in
the American power structure.
