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Tough Liberal
The late Al Shanker was both labor leader and ideological warrior. Scott McLemee interviews his biographer for a podcast.
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40 Years of 'The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual'
Polemics seldom age well. But when Harold Cruse published The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual during the fall of 1967...
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Oh, Canada
Americans have no monopoly on crises of national identity. Scott McLemee takes off to the Great White North....
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Open Library
Imagine if world's most complete card catalog were just a mouse-click away. Scott McLemee chats with a young programmer who is making it happen.
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Sailing from Ithaka
There's a new report on the future of digital publishing in academe. Scott McLemee thinks you should drop everything and read it posthaste.
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Off the Shelf
Ever dreamt of weeding out the excess books in your office? Scott McLemee interviews a professor who did the deed.
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Pottering Around
The end is near! Scott McLemee checks on the scholarly response to Harry Potter as devotees await the final chapter.
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The LaRouche Youth Movement
Followers of "the best economist in the world today" are coming to your campus. Scott McLemee reads their literature without giggling.