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Information Vs. Knowledge: How Information Is Deadening Our Minds NOW!

“Anyone who harbors the notion that [Jane] Austen’s circumscribed world of rural English parlors and parks was small-minded, provincial, or dull needs to reread Pride and Prejudice to reencounter the vigor of Elizabeth Bennet’s quick wit and astute social observation, or the generosity of Jane’s moral reflection, or the instructive trajectory of Darcy’s growth in self-knowledge, largely through defining moments of honest conversation with the woman he comes to love.”
–Marilyn McEntyre, Caring for Words In a Culture of Lies

The April 12th, 1993 cover of Time magazine was an unforgettable picture of a long series of images in rectangular formation entering an eyeball.

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Why I Will Always Stand By Israel

The people of Jewish descent mentioned in the following article go un-named. In the current climate of increased anti-semitism in the United States and the world, I don’t want to put them in harm’s way.

I will always stand by Israel because Jews saved my life.

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Textual Memories Of My Rhetorical Guides

This post is dedicated to Emily LaPadura, a great friend and teacher of rhetoric!

Memory is inherently subjective, flawed, and self-serving. The moment something’s over, we start remembering it in a way that serves some purpose, whether we’re aware of it or not.

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