Folklorists lend a helping hand via "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston," a Texas-based project that trains hurricane survivors to collect the stories of fellow survivors. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
Journalism
“Head of the Class”
Backpacks for junior scholars put to the test. Read More at Slate »
“DePaul U. Cancels Courses of Professor Who Lost Tenure Bid, but He Plans To Teach Them Anyway”
Norman Finkelstein v. DePaul University, continued. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“How To Be Good”
In which I review Wendy Shalit's new book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad To Be Good, and find it an exercise in alarmism and dubious sociology. Watch out, girls, for cheap sex, bought with cheap clothes and cheaper liquor, at the price of self-respect and the prospect of any serious romance. Read More at The Washington Post »
“A Splash of Fun”
Kiddie pools your children will adore. Read More at Slate »
