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Excellence and Achievement: The NY Times Nails It

November 2, 2010

I would feel ridiculous even trying to add any insight to this brilliant piece by Anand Giridharadas in The New York Times. I would encourage everyone to examine the implications of the trend Giridharadas outlines of stressing achievement over excellence and fun over pleasure and the impact it has on our approach to education, the [...]

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The Artist Interviews: Rita J. King, Writer

October 21, 2010

Rita J. King

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Pop Culture and High Art: Part 1

August 20, 2010

…to be continued. ————- see also: My Brother’s Toasted Wrap: An Intro To Quality or Cultivate Your Connoisseurship

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Joel Salatin Shouldn’t Be Famous

August 14, 2010

Joel Salatin owns and runs Polyface Farms, a pristine organic farm in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. If you’ve read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, you’ve read about him. If you’ve seen Food, Inc., you’ve seen him interviewed. Salatin and his family approach farming from a standpoint of environmentalism and stewardship, thereby producing extraordinary beef, turkey, chicken, [...]

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You Cannot Sing if You Cannot Cook

July 24, 2010

Why Interdisciplinary Study Matters For Each of Us My friend Dan is an opera singer. A few years ago, while performing and studying in Italy, Dan would have vocal coaching sessions with a famous Maestro. Together they would explore Verisimo and work through repertoire like I Pagliacci or Il Trovotore. Then, at the end of [...]

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The Numbers By Generation

June 10, 2010

Depending who you ask, there are roughly 79 million Baby Boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964) in the United States. The first of them became eligible for Social Security two years ago. There are only 51 million members of Gen X (people born between 1965 and 1976). However, there are 75 million “Millenials” (1977 – 1998). Boomers [...]

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Come To Terms With It

June 2, 2010

“Everybody talks about reform but nobody wants to change.” Garry McCarthy, Brick City: Circus Ain’t it the truth? This is America! You have the right to do whatever the hell you want to do, provided you’re not breaking the law and you’re paying your taxes. Damn right. But that’s not because you’re you. It’s because [...]

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My Brother’s Toasted Wrap: an Intro To “Quality”

May 17, 2010

The other day I received a message on my iPhone from my brother. It was a photo of what appeared to be a grilled burrito. “Professional. You can’t buy wraps that look and taste as good,” the caption read. This was quickly followed by an end-on shot of the meal. “Do you see that tuck?” [...]

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