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September 2011 - Posts
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In Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality, John Marsh delivers a lesson of uncommon force and clarity The following review was posted recently on the Books page of the History News Network site. In general, college professors Read More...
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Foster as my window to a wider world This is the final in a series of posts about Jodie Foster as historian @font-face { font-family: "Calibri";}@font-face { font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro";}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; Read More...
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Foster's turn toward unsympathetic characters The following post is part of a series of on Jodie Foster specifically, and Hollywood actors generally, as historians. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face { font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro";}p.MsoNormal, Read More...
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Jim is in Chicago, accompanying his son as he embarks on his undergraduate career. In a kind of victory lap, his plane and hotel reading has been Andrew Ferguson's Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid into College . Ferguson, an editor at Read More...
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Foster's recent work shows a new level of engagement in the lives of men The following post is part of a series of on Jodie Foster specifically, and Hollywood actors generally, as historians. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face { font-family: Read More...
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With Anna and the King, Foster helped transform a racist child's tale into a complex drama The following post is part of a series on Jodie Foster specifically, and Hollywood actors generally, as historians. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face Read More...
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Labor Day reading: In Blood on the Tracks, Cecilia Holland proves a fast-paced and succinct account of an overlooked turning point in U.S. history that resonates anew The following review was posted recently on the Books page of the History News Network Read More...
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Jim is observing Labor Day weekend, which traditionally marks the end of summer (and does so for him in fact as well as custom, as next week marks the beginning of the new school year). His recent reading includes Somebody Owes Me Money , by Donald Westlake, Read More...
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