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When education becomes a business

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On September 8, 2015
William Deresciwicz, author of Excellent Sheep, has a provocative and fascinating essay in Harper's on the baleful effects of transforming education, and American undergraduate education in particular, into yet another a neoliberal training ground for "leaders," as opposed to thinkers: A couple of years ago,...

Ya Think?

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On September 8, 2015

Something that is much less likely to happen in Texas: Italy’s top criminal court on Monday said the murder case of Amanda Knox had “stunning flaws” — and that prosecutors.

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Labor Day Rundown

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On September 7, 2015
Rather than blog a bunch about Labor Day I took to Twitter, where I wrote a Twitter essay and a bunch of follow up stuff about my views on the history of American workers. The core tweets were storified and you might be interested in...
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Drink Up and Be Somebody

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On September 6, 2015
If the writers of LGM ever got together in the same place, I believe the alcohol consumption would look something like Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan: As it should now be clear to you, dear reader, Soviet soldiers were not that discriminating when sourcing their sauce....
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