How We Train University Students to Write Poorly (with Addendum)
When I was in the hunt for a tenure-track university position, I attended a mentoring session on how to publish led by Linda Hutcheon, who w...
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"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively deba... -
On Reading "The Uyghur Genocide: An Examination of China's Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention"Apologist for China, Me? In response to numerous posts I had written on Canada's arrest and detention of the Huawei CFO, Meng Wangzou,...
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"I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean &qu... -
Education is one of the Trump campaign's important positions Until November 9, 2016, I never imagined there would be any reason to co... -
Tense versus aspect Some languages do not have verb tenses. The English language has only one tense: the simple past tense, also known ... -
The Plan for Romeo and Juliet to consummate their marriage When the Nurse explained the plan—a rope ladder, “the cords,” would be placed ... -
“Complain, complain, that’s all you do Ever since we lost! If it’s not the crucifixion It’s the Holocaust.” L. Cohen In my brief (fiv... -
Studies in Canadian Literature : Volume 14, Number 2 (1989): pages 128-149. The absence of Robertson Davies and Michel Tremblay from Philip... -
What kind of underdogs? Pit bulls, I hope. I read Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giant... -
Why is blackface wrong? Blackface is wrong. But it's not prima facia , at-face-value wrong. (The pun is intended and meaningful.)...
