Learning for earning’s sake
This is the only time I will ever write this: I agree with Rick Santorum. The blind squirrel of last century’s sexual ethics and theocratic conservatism found an acorn last week. You’ve likely seen or...
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I’ll admit that I’m hopelessly biased, but here in these early days of spring, I’d like to make a humble proposal: University of Chicago students should love baseball. All of us. If you’re reading this...
View ArticleLosing your student ID
My neighbors here in Hyde Park include a family of four: Mom, Dad, and two boys. Both parents are college-educated—she’s a homemaker, he’s a teacher in Chicago Public Schools—and the boys are in grade...
View ArticleAn imperative outside ourselves
The fourth paragraph of the Kalven Report reads, “A good university…will be upsetting.” How true that is. Have you read this newspaper in the last couple of weeks? By way of summary, I present these...
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