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to participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
In the past, when I’ve made the case for cri... See more
Charles McNulty • In defense of criticism: A theater critic asks what good does it do in an upside-down world
And yet, the question of rhetoric and trickery, or what Wayne Booth has called rhetrickery,
Melanie Yergeau • Authoring Autism
Most writing in schools and colleges is a perversion of practical style: the student pretends that he is writing a memorandum. He pretends that he knows more than the reader, that the reader needs this information, and that his job is to impart that information in a way that is easy for the reader to parse. This pretense is supposed to be practice
... See moreTurner, Mark, Thomas, Francis-Noël • Clear and Simple as the Truth
“…the stammerings of an old man who does not seem to have achieved a full psychic victory over an awkward adolescence…”
Eugene Thacker • Infinite Resignation
