November 2021
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On using Wikipedia in schools
In Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source, Rachel Cunneen and Mathieu O’Niel nicely unpack their case for the headline. In a online polylogue in response to that piece, I wrote, “You always have a choice: to help or to hurt.” That’s what my mom told me, a zillion years Continue reading
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Going west
Long ago a person dear to me disappeared for what would become eight years. When this happened I was given comfort and perspective by a professor of history whose study concentrated on the American South after the Civil War. “You know what the most common record of young men was, after the Civil War?” he Continue reading