Archive for the ‘meaning’ Category
The Rhetoric of Patriotism
Posted by: kdjohnson on July 5, 2008
Looking Back
Posted by: kdjohnson on October 1, 2006
- The Hot News from NCA November 13, 2009A discussion of PowerPoint?Jim Aune
- Armistice Day November 11, 2009November 11 seems to be the last irony-free zone in America and, perhaps, that's a good thing, but I do agree with Matt Yglesias's post today: " I sort of wish we called our November 11 observance Armistice Day like they do in other countries. Something that I think is missing from American political culture is the thing that in Europe is take […]Jim Aune
- Brandeis, Still Right After All These Years November 9, 2009Once again, the remedy for bad speech is . . . more speech.Jim Aune
- Inglourious Basterds November 9, 2009I confess to being a Quentin Tarantino fan, but, not having any conceptual vocabulary for analyzing movies, I've never understood why. I think Inglourious Basterds is his masterpiece (although unlike, say, Reservoir Dogs or Kill Bill 2, I'm unlikely to want to see it again soon). I found myself speculating, as I often do, about counterfactual argum […]Jim Aune
- CFP: "Open Source Culture and Aesthetics" November 9, 2009A new CFP from Criticism via Jeff Pruchnic: SPECIAL ISSUE: "Open Source Culture and Aesthetics" read moreJim Brown
