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Oedipus Then and Again … And Again
Pasolini’s Edipo Re reminds us of the boldness at the heart of humanistic learning: the conviction that the texts we decide to study should matter not just for us but for anyone. ...
March 9, 2023
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(Not) Doing It for the Money
The American educational system and religion are more closely tied to economics than is readily acknowledged....
October 13, 2022
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Humanities Endangered
Editor's note: We will be off this Thursday for the University's spring interim. See you next week! In and after the present chaos, should our republic survive as a republic, wounded but responsible citizens will need to assess what they lost and ...