Monday, May 28, 2012

The Daily Scholar

All Points Mondays

On Mondays, William Deresiewicz casts his critic’s eye on the rapidly changing national culture.

Enough

William Deresiewicz

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Browsings Fridays

Grades

Michael Dirda

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Psycho Babble Thursdays

On Drunk Speech

Jessica Love

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Science Frictions Wednesdays

Reading Minds

Priscilla Long

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Class Notes Tuesdays

Stand-Up 101

Paula Marantz Cohen

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WILLIAM ZINSSER

Essays about writing, popular culture, and the arts by the author of On Writing Well.

Current Issue

Article

A Question of Honor

Cheating on campus undermines the reputation of our universities and the value of their degrees. Now is the time for students themselves to stop it

William M. Chace

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Book Essay

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays From the Edge

The Jazz Age novelist’s chronicle of his mental collapse, much derided by his critics, anticipated the rise of autobiographical writing in America

Patricia Hampl

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Book Reviews

Heavenly Body

An artist’s pursuit of symmetry

Ingrid D. Rowland

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Fiction

Kalawar

Who really killed Abdur, an Afghan goatherd-turned-informant?

Nathaniel Rich

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Letter From

Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace

Traveling with U.S. troops gives insights into the recent massacre

Neil Shea

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