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Global Literary Theory

Reading Broadens Your World — Or Does It?

A review of Kyung-Sook Shin’s novel Please Take Care of Mom raises that question

Mar 29

Reading Broadens Your World — Or Does It?

Mar 29

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Dialogue & Discourse

The Pillow Book of Margaret Atwood

How I learned to stop worrying and love The Handmaid’s Tale

Jun 26, 2024

Jun 26, 2024

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Dialogue & Discourse

Chomsky and the Responsibility of AI Chatbots

To discuss moral reasoning with ChatGPT, just ask — don’t badger

Apr 17, 2023

Chomsky and the Responsibility of AI Chatbots

Apr 17, 2023

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Politically Speaking

Environmentalists for Manchin

In a healthy democracy, this would be a no-brainer. Instead, our irrational politics are hampering climate action.

Nov 20, 2022

Senator Joe Manchin at an infrastructure press conference

Nov 20, 2022

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Areas & Producers

The Inflation Reduction Act: Who Won the War?

A surprising win raises questions about the keys to political success in American democracy.

Sep 13, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act: Who Won the War?

Sep 13, 2022

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Politically Speaking

3–2–1: What are we fighting for?

Palindrome Day deserves a new form of climate action

Mar 15, 2023

Mar 15, 2023

Great post, as always.

Not sure 100% I agree about various choices around diet etc. having no impact, though. Every economic decision we make is a form of…

Feb 24, 2023

I agree. I think this some of this began with the activism of the 1960s.

One reason, I think, is that voters didn't hang on politicians' every sound bite looking to pounce on a misspoken word. They voted for…

Dec 31, 2022

Back in the 1980s, I read a book called Japanese in Action by a MacArthur-era Old Japan Hand named…

Nov 23, 2022

An interesting edge case is casting an African-American as Elphaba, whose Green complexion…

Nov 3, 2022