Late December, 2009, and early January, 2010, of course, a period when the mainstream news media were publishing recollections and what they considered the highlights of the decade just passed and taking opportunities to prognosticate about the near and distant future. That’s inspiration to do a review of significant moments in the 10 years of the WORD, and its editor, sans the prognostication. However, mostly highlights are to be considered with substantive reviews to follow when possible (because they can take so much time to write).
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Must Reading for the 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse and Other Colleagues
Friday, February 27th, 2009I am recommending the New York Times’ Stanley Fish February 16 column, Is the Academy Different? for the benefit of the 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse*Â and other colleagues confused about tenets and canons of Academic Freedom.
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