There is a last-minute “mini-conference” on the purposes and challenges of higher education on Friday, April 5 and Saturday morning the 6th. There will be presentations by both students and faculty from a variety of colleges. You are invited to participate, and there’s room for a couple more presentations. Contact me if you want to come. You can use the thread or email me.
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…
The Possibility of Possibility
"Might could” is a Southern expression meaning “maybe I could” or “I might be able to,” conveying…
The False Promise of No Contact
Around the time nineteen-year-old Alice began cutting ties with her family, she announced on social media that…