How the 'Underground Grammarian' Taught Me to Tell Reason from Rubbish
Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.
Mark Andre Alexander
· 13 min read
Language
A collection of 44 posts
On Its 70th Anniversary, Nineteen Eighty-Four Still Feels Important and Inspiring
Nineteen-Eighty Four, whose first publication took place 70 years ago today, is itself a sort of anti-novel, one that undermines its own dramatic tension in a way that might now be described as postmodern.
Jonathan Kay
· 15 min read
Tolkien—A Review
The real-life Tolkien, who loathed trite allegory, would have cringed.
Charlotte Allen
· 7 min read
Conspiracism at the Atlantic
The Atlantic may think that the anti-Shakespeare campaigners offer an entertaining diversion. Its editors certainly failed to pick up the failings of Winkler’s research, yet I believe the issue is a lot more serious than that.
Oliver Kamm
· 10 min read
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Graham Verdon
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Graham Verdon
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The Boy Who Inflated the Concept of 'Wolf'
Concept inflation is a lot like lying. Immanuel Kant observed that lying couldn’t be effective in a world where everybody lied, since no one would be believed.
Spencer Case
· 10 min read
Public Education’s Dirty Secret
My small classes faced a large photograph of Barack Obama displayed proudly in front of the classroom over the title “Notre Président.”
Mary Hudson
· 20 min read
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Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
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Graham Verdon
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Graham Verdon
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Views on the news, delivered so smooth.
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
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Graham Verdon
· 1 min read