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You Know the Type
"Proles," explains Paul Fussell in his book Class, "like to use words that normally appear only in newspapers. They don't...
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Attending a Conference, Looking for an Exit
Terry Caesar recalls presentations in search of an audience, and other awkward moments.
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How Not to Conduct a Presidential Search
An alert reader sent me a link to these articles in the Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, detailing the goings-on...
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My Other Stuff
One of the added benefits (for me, anyway) of revealing my real name is being able to share other published...
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National Service
Every election year, we start to get proposals for various national service programs as ways to pay for college. The...
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An announcement and an accounting
First the announcement: the RSS feed is fixed. Those of you who aren't into RSS don't care, but some of...
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'Telling' Hard Truths About War
With American society divided for and against the war, returning veterans tend to be viewed more as issues than as...