I As the following video puts it, “Yo no soy Clintonero. Yo no soy Clintonero, soy por Barack, soy por Barack.” Read Case’s post and then Nezua’s, and vote Barack. And do not come telling me I need to “compromise,” or “get realistic.” I have already compromised, and if more people were willing to be … More L’Astrologie de Barack Obama
In honor of March, I went out to the country looking for antiques. I came back with three trees, two bushes, several bags of Mexican groceries, and a pot of rico menudo to discover that this blog had been rated: by WoC PhD. Thank you, WoC PhD! Your blog is also excellent! And now I … More Excelente
Now it is March! The Equinox is on Good Friday, and then it will be spring. Axé.
Dentro del vergel moriré dentro del rosal matar me han. Yo me iba, mi madre, las rosas coger, hallara la muerte dentro del vergel. Yo me iba, madre, las rosas cortar, hallara la muerte dentro del rosal. Dentro del vergel moriré, dentro del rosal matar me han. In the garden I will die In the … More Dentro del vergel
One of my classes is dominated by conservative Christians and I am unsure how to handle their reactions to 19th and 20th century poets. On the one hand, one wants them to read the texts in some sort of accurate way. On the other, one does not want to alienate them. Here is an example … More A Serious Question for Everyone
“JIMMY JACKSON, #316558 (Black), 65, was serving a five year sentence for cocaine distribution in Lincoln Parish. Jackson was terminally ill when he arrived at Angola in early March, just two weeks prior to his death. Because of his medical condition, which did not allow for a “knowing and intelligent decision,” he was unable to … More A Death Notice
“Words are the waters which power the hydro-electricity of nations. Words are the chemicals that H20 human intercourse. Words are the rain of votes which made the harvest possible. Words are the thunderstorm when a nation is divided. Words are the water in a shattering glass when friends break into argument. Words are the acronym … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: On Words
Now I am grading. I am at a loss to explain to one of my students why it is that she needs to complicate her thesis. With the one she has, she could not get out enough material to meet the length requirement for this essay. She does not see that the problem is the … More On Thesis Statements
I see ever more clearly what the mechanism of Reeducation was. The a priori assumptions were that one could not know what one felt or what was real, and that one should not do or think anything which could be construed as taking control. The resultant degree of doubt was overwhelming. Since no perception or … More Savagery
Curious students want to know: why was Latin America so thoroughly colonized before Africa was, given that there was European penetration in Africa even before America was discovered? I am stumped. One layperson’s hypothesis (invented by me, but I am really just guessing and I have no serious knowledge to base this on): the Treaty … More Calling All Historians
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