Tweeting as an Art of Writing

So here’s an amusing essay about how to tweet like a Straussian. I would comment more if I were an actual tweeter. It does seem to me that ALL CAPS could become an indispensable form of twitter pithiness.

I do have a student—Kristian Canler (Berry name: Christian with a K)—who has set up a twitter thing for me. It’s not going so well. I only have 126 followers. Pete has A LOT MORE.

So HERE’S YOUR CHANCE to follow me down . . .

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