
“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



“Surviving the Cultural Revolution”
July 22nd, 2011
“Speak, Jack: Joyce Johnson’s New Biography of Jack Kerouac”
December 21st, 2012

“On the Trail of the Elusive Vampire Squid from Hell”
October 21st, 2012
“A Cool Radiance: Carol Muske-Dukes on Lisa Russ Spaar”
January 28th, 2013


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"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More

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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More

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"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More