The MLA debate between qualitative and accentual syllabic verse, and between different styles of writing, became as much a commentary on the nature (and antecedents) of government.
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Economan Felled
An economics professor at Charleston Southern University ran afoul of federal laws when he tried to go from macro to micro.
Public Service Academies
A panel debate for a U.S. Public Service Academy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Wednesday left some wondering whether its benefits would be worth its costs.
Sex and the MLA
It seems like some professors simply can’t get their mind off sexuality and have allowed this fixation to the color their professional work.
The World Government Four
In our end-of-the-year reviews, we feel that we must take special notice of a quartet of professors who have been actively working to erode American national sovereignty through the sort of proposals that come dangerously close to becoming reality no matter how conceptually divorced they are from it.
Scholars of the Year
We have assembled something of a bottom 10 list, sort of a reverse U. S. News & World Report ranking, from the more than 100 professors a year whose antics we cover.
Linguistic Imperialism
“By pretending to inject a position located in between the right and the left, multilingual American literature studies attempted to ally themselves with an ostensibly neutral position,” a Rutgers professor admitted at the Modern Language Association convention.
Shakesqueer
The recent Shakespeare panel at the 2007 Modern Language Association (MLA) convention, ironically titled “Shakesqueer,” featured four queer theorists presenting articles soon to be published by the notoriously liberal Duke University press.
Education Department Constitutionally Adrift
Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College in Michigan is looking for a way to put morality back into America’s classrooms, a goal he believes the Department of Education has abandoned.
Common Learning Agenda Blues
Those who argue that colleges and universities lack standards may be incorrect but only technically.