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Allegiance to God and Country, …and to Anachronisms Aplenty!
One hears it all the time; the notion that religion ought to be kept out of politics. I’m torn by the suggestion, because it is commonly used in response to the politics of conservative Christians,...
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Metaphors that Miss and Tropes that Trip: Mental Musings and, Hey Look a Cow!
Maybe the mind is like a calm river in the morning, full of napalm and watermelon seeds. The mind is a strange place. Unless it’s not a place at all; maybe it’s a cabbage. I don’t mean that it has...
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I’ll take Cold Tropes and War Analogies for $50, Alex!
It’s getting harder to explain the history of the cold war, at least insofar as students are less and less likely to relate to the era in any personal way. Gone are the days when the subject could...
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Pedagogical Metaphors From Half-Baked to Totally Stale
Pedagogical metaphors are like a sober friend on your way out an especially good party. You can lean on him a bit. If he’s a good friend, you can lean a little more. Lean too much and you both fall in...
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