Miles posted this article called Against School, which I read this morning just after reading an opinion piece in the New York Times called Clueless in America. The two articles make an interesting juxtaposition. Clearly, something is wrong with our public education. I wish I could say I had been surprised by either of them, […]
I have really been enjoying The Traveler’s Lunchbox, a food and travel blog that I just discovered. It’s not only the good writing and photography that draws me there, but also envy of the author’s life–she’s a freelance food and travel writer who also has a PhD in linguistics.
When my students are good–as they […]
This week’s Savage Love column was really good.
I am so glad to see my views on meat stated intelligently in the New York Times, backed up by so much research.
Living in a country where “salade” is often best translated “pile of lardons on a bed of lettuce,” I feel challenged as a vegetarian. A lot of French people are bewildered by […]
Any Alaskans reading this might be interested in The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, an excellent novel by the excellent Michael Chabon–although it should be mentioned that The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is better. This in no way lessens the quality of the former novel, since the latter is perfect.
I like Billy Collins, yet I can also agree with this review.
Iraq War Clichés or New Euphemisms for Taking a Crap?
Adjectives Rejected in Favor of “Kafkaesque”
Increasingly Dangerous Cheeses
James Bond films for the GWB era