Category: Daily reading

Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens
I don’t know how I missed this story, but it’s good one. Just reminds me that I am not the only one who acts like a child some times… but these guys aren’t drunk, or at least they are not supposed to be.
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
Interesting essay by a Yale English professor that has been known to not mince words when giving his opinions. I didn’t go to any of the Ivys that he mentions in the article, but Duke is close enough. I agree with much of what he says about the state of the academy, even back when I was in school. I especially find his idea that elite schools are virtually becoming glorified vocational schools now. I don’t agree with the part that elite education making a person an elitist:

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