strange criticism

John Holbo, in the lead up to an enjoyable dismantling of Ross Douthat’s views on the Catholic hospital birth control controversy, paraphrases a curious criticism of Corey Robin’s Reactionary Mind: Some reviewers have complained that Corey Robin’s The Reactionary Mind seriously overreaches when he writes stuff like this: Conservatism is the theoretical voice of … animus against […]

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my life in teaching

If I’m going to be writing about education, it makes sense to tell you a bit about my experience teaching. I’ve taught, one subject or another and in one position or another, for the entirety of my adult life. I put myself through college in part by teaching for the American Red Cross. I taught […]

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welcome

So what’s going on here? I’m not 100% sure, really. I’ve been dissatisfied with my usual blogging life for awhile. I don’t blame anyone else for this dissatisfaction, but neither due I apologize for some of the choices that I’ve made. (Some others, well….) In any event: I am looking to build a friendlier, more […]

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