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There Is Nothing Outside the Txt
Is digital shorthand the end of literacy? Scott McLemee listens to a linguist.
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Ig-Nobel Thoughts
Is U.S. literature too insular and media-crazed to merit notice by the Swedish Academy? Scott McLemee asks around.
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The Playboy Philosopher
Bernard-Henri Lévy has become an American media superstar. Scott McLemee thinks his fifteen minutes are about up.
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The Anti-Intellectual Presidency
A new book looks at the dumbing-down of American politics. Scott McLemee is surprised it's in one volume.
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D.F.W., R.I.P.
The late David Foster Wallace didn't settle for satire. Scott McLemee says farewell to a wild talent.
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Prospero's Island?
We reached the island on the morning of Labor Day, as the last of the vacationers were closing up their...
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The End of the End of the End of History?
The conflict between Russia and Georgia was a turning point of some kind. Scott McLemee wonders what's the big idea....
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Cogito Interruptus
Texting and instant messaging are the wave of the future? Scott McLemee is just too ecstatic.