Just finished a good literature class discussion on this powerful play.

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Trump’s war on the media is driving students to journalism

Twenty-one-year-old political science student Kieran McMurchy says he’s shocked at how quickly Trump supporters have “lost faith in pillars of free speech like the Washington Post and the New York Times.” A few months ago, he was planning to go to law school. Now, he says he’s fired up to be a journalist. “It’s definitely concerning the way…

The girl on Halloween 2018. (The boy and I were watching the 1931 Frankenstein at the library.)

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Updated Media Bias Chart — Left/Center/Right, Facts/Analysis/Partisan/Propaganda (Ad Fontes)

Update — Media Bias Chart 10.0 All human endeavors are biased. Vanessa Otero’s chart, which places various news organizations on a 2D chart with a left/centrist/right X axis, and a quality/garbage vertical axis, is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that seeking out and relying on quality reporting from “the other side” is an important…

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“Look for the helpers” is good for distracting preschoolers from horrors they can’t change; we adults must do better.

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Siblings gotta sib.

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45m into a game against a player ranked 400pts higher than him. In a frilly shirt for the costume contest.

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Second episode of “Electron Jones” paranormal detective audio series is up. waobaudiotheatre.org

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Professoring. With an(other) apple pie cupcake.

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My student journos are meming it like bosses.

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I saw this Friday night. Great fight choreography, lighting & staging, adaptation of the story.

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Thoroughly enjoying Company.

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Thoroughly enjoying Company.

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What does the girl do with my iPad while I try to jump-start her mother’s car at a gas station?

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