I really didn’t want to but I relented and did– I bought an overpriced digital copy of editor Kevin Jennings’s third installment in the “One Teacher in 10” series. I knew that I should have bought it but I couldn’t resist. I wanted to read it ASAP and without waiting another whole academic year. So…Read more »
Tag: Politics
Uh oh, we are getting topical…
The RNC and the Diploma in the Lake
A couple of years ago, The Onion released a surprisingly hilarious video spoofing the RNC; sure, today, The Onion mostly spends its time bending over backwards to neoliberal policies and orgasming over Clinton, but for a brief window a couple of years back, there was a bit of a nice vacation courtesy of Republican bashing.…Read more »
On the Ohio Bill
In the ever-horrifying landscape of Late Capitalist America, I am not surprised that every day new dystopias ram their ugly heads into our freedoms. It is part and parcel of living in an age of decaying capitalism. However, the recent news out of Ohio– as well as Delaware– should be of concern to anyone who…Read more »
One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell their Stories (Review)
(Now for a review that has nothing to do with medievalism, the ancient or early modern period. Please enjoy one of many engagements with pedagogy and check out my new page devoted wholly to educational matters.) The last time I read One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell their Stories, I hadn’t…Read more »
Spring Announcement: Plouging the Fields for Content!
With the thaw of the ground also comes the thaw of the site– of the site’s lack of regular content! So, first off, apologies for the irregular updating. I had started a new Quick Notes series on the black death but didn’t bother getting up the notes. I finished listening to the lectures but I just…Read more »
Occam on the Prospects for Knowing God (Notes:79)
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Occam was not very optimistic about the possibility of knowing God. Occam goes as far as to reject the idea that Christian philosophy aspires to the same intellectual standards as pagan philosophy, going as far to argue that the best we can hope for is a peaceful separation. When to…Read more »
Let’s Read: The Sword in the Stone (Ch.22)
Are we at Kay’s knighting yet? Nope. Something else happens, in the great fantasy narrative device tradition of not getting on with the fucking plot. (Don’t worry, though, it is actually part of the plot disguised as nonsense.) “’He’s dead,’ cried Sir Pellinore tragically. ‘He’s dead, poor fellah, and can’t hunt anymore’” (195). Turns out…Read more »