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The Classroom as a Public Space
A blurry photo of one of the classrooms I teach in I engage in a fantasy that the classroom functions as a public space. That is, the classroom…
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The End of the University
Not in a teleological sense, but otherwise. This guy thinks that the University will be irrelevant in a few years. The only question I have after reading this…
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Eliminate Public Speaking
I used to range from laughter to anger when I heard people talk about the need to eliminate public speaking as a requirement from university curriculum. However, there…
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Planning the Talk
Here’s my idea so far: Central Question: What is the proper relationship between debate and rhetoric?Petitio: What relationship, if any, do they have now? Lead in with some…
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The dreaded “Talk”
A week from tomorrow I’m giving a talk at Queens College on rhetoric and philosophy, and I’m not sure exactly how to do it. I think the “talk”…
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Upcoming Trip To Japan
This June I’m traveling around Japan for about a month with the U.S. touring debaters. They will engage in public debates at various sites in Japan, and I…
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