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historian, writer, teacher


  • September 14, 2014

    Abandoned Ground

    David Brooks, well-compensated columnist for the New York Times and casual sociologist of everything, suggests that universities have set aside the education of the soul and the self, instead aspiring to match consumer tastes.  In doing so, he paraphrases William Deresiewicz, author of the much more subtle critique, Excellent Sheep, to suggest that administrators can’t…

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