Apologia Pro Literati Vita
Monday, December 18, 2017

Advice to Myself: Small Things

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When you fail at something, do not sulk, that is, do not spiral down into powerlessness. If you know the causes of your defeat, prepare and...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Advice to Myself: What Twitter is Not

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Twitter is not a tool to gain the favor of people by praising them or their work. Nor is it a place for you to maneuver your own work to th...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Advice to Myself: Splinters

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One of the most necessary lessons of moral philosophy is contained in this question: why do you see the straw in the eye of your brother an...
Friday, December 1, 2017

The Alt-Right Owns Antiquity?

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I've been meaning to write about this matter for a while, but this article by Curtis Dozier of Vassar College in Eidolon , an "onl...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Lessons for Teachers #7: Five Cheating Anecdotes

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To close out the topic of cheating in this series, here are a few cheating-related anecdotes from my years teaching Latin. 1. in flagr...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Quote: The Carthaginian Who Said No to War

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from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita . Book 21. Translation by Bruce J. Butterfield 21.3 ... The soldiers led the way by bringing the youn...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Advice to Myself: Spare Yourself

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Spare yourself concern for the comings and goings of inferiors. To follow them and resent their unwise but carefree wanderings is a dark pa...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Quote: Vox Populi, Vox Dei

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from Our Culture, What's Left of It , by Theodore Dalrymple The crudity of which I complain results form the poisonous combination o...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Six Frames from Stranger Things 2: Episode 6

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Spoilers I was skeptical of this thread thread introduced in the pilot, but it fit fairly well with Eleven's search for a family. The...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Lessons for Teachers #6: Why Cheat?

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Now that we have discussed why it is necessary to prevent cheating in the classroom we ought to address the next important matter on the su...
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