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January 12, 2012

OWS Course Dropped From Columbia’s Spring Offerings

Glenn Ricketts

An advocate of the Occupy movement almost took the lecturn, but Columbia axed the course

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January 12, 2012

Nowhere But the West

Steve Balch

Steve Balch reviews The Uniqueness of Western Civilization by Ricardo Duchesne. This review appears in the winter 2011 issue of Academic Questions, volume 24, number 4.

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January 11, 2012

NAS Beach Books Reports Reflected in MLA Panel Discussion

Glenn Ricketts

Our ongoing report on common reading is recognized at the MLA convention.

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January 10, 2012

Call For Civic Learning

Glenn Ricketts

Mr. Ricketts advocates the study of civics, but his idea of such a course differs from how the a recent DoED report interprets the subject.

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