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Leon Wieseltier’s Commencement Address: 6 Key Points
As I mentioned a couple days ago, Leon Wieseltier’s commencement address to Brandeis University’s Class of 2013 is an excellent summary of the battle lines forming in elite culture, and it captures, as...
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NRCD 5 Jun 13: Your Thesis So Fat Edition
Controversies on campus: At (I assume pro-life) Biola a student tries to stand up for her right to protest abortion. A gun-totin’ high school student gets the red carpet treatment at Liberty. A...
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My Commencement Address to the Class of 2013
After reading all the amazing commencement addresses of this Spring, the question came to me: What would I say to the class of 2013? So here’s my belated address to the graduates: First, I’d like to...
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Why Humanities: It’s Also About Class and Power
Most arguments in support of the humanities are founded on the virtue of good citizenship. For the sake of democracy we need a broad-minded, critically thoughtful public. This sounds great. It is the...
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