My students got me. For the first time in a long time, they actually got me. It took me a few days to realize this. I think it is a good sign that things are going well this semester. Let me explain what happened and then I will say how I was… Read more
We’ve all seen the tea bag party’s stupid, misspelled protest signs these days. No surprise there. We all immediately recognize the painful hypocrisy of those misspelled signs that demand we make English America’s “offical” language. We all also… Read more
There’s a nice bit in the NYT blog that discusses the various allusions in Obama’s victory speech. It’s so nice to have a President (elect) who has a rhetorical… Read more
Listening: Poe, Haunting Reading: Kenneth Burke in Greenwich Village, by Jack Selzer; Counterstatement, by Kenneth Burke I’m still not sure what the difference is between a blog and a journal. But these are my thoughts on the subject: I… Read more