The Catcher in the Rye: A Twentieth-century Jeremiad
The Catcher in the Rye is a 20th-century jeremiad. What the heck is that? To read more and find out - click on the post's title.
Maus: Why it Should be Unbanned.
Maus' removal from the curriculum of a school district in Tennessee made national headlines. This essay addresses why that decision should be reversed. To read it - click on the post's title.
Aphorisms Unplugged: Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
These days, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps means to succeed on your own, through sheer will and hard work. It originally meant something quite different, but what? To find out - click on the post's title.
