
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen

Alain de Botton’s School of Life
May 11th, 2013
On Poetry and Greece
May 10th, 2013

A love letter to the riskiest show on cable
February 28th, 2013

On 'Portrait of a Novel,' a biography of Henry James.
December 1st, 2012

The parallels between 'The Pilgrim's Progress' and the 'Book of Mormon'
October 30th, 2012
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
Howard Berman fights for his political life
October 13th, 2012

On following and straying from the 'righteous' path of desire
October 11th, 2012
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