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Michael McGinnis: The Blogora's Cornell Correspondent


Submitted by Jim Brown on June 13, 2009 - 6:41pm


Please welcome Michael McGinnis to the Blogora. Michael will be attending will be attending the Cornell School of Criticism and Theory this summer, and he's been kind enough to offer to be the Blogora's correspondent. I'm sure a number of Blogora readers will be interested in the seminar Mike has been assigned: "Conservatism, Religion, History." The seminar will be led by Simon During (Professor of English, Johns Hopkins University).

 

Gratification vs. Enlightenment


Submitted by Adria on September 3, 2008 - 4:33pm


I've asked my students to read Burke's, _The Rhetoric of Hitler's Battle_ to help stimulate discussion about critical thinking and ethical communication. It's been a few years since I've read this, so when I returned to read it again this afternoon, I was struck by the very first paragraph: