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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
Campus Life at
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I understood that no one lives forever, but there are certain people whose power and presence so thoroughly penetrate your view of things that contemplating their absence feels as strange as imagining having never been born yourself.
~ Walter Kirn
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Campus Life at
Kent State University
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The flannel, the Catholic mysticism, the bunker aesthetic — it’s all part of the shameless act. Underneath is a Machiavellian tactician who understands power not as something to dismantle, but to inhabit. Part P.T. Barnum, part Pat Buchanan, this is a man who preaches humility while flying private. Steve Bannon isn’t leading a rebellion. He is selling one.
~ John Mac Ghlionn via The Hill
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The proof of a theory is in its reasoning, not in its sponsorship.
~ Ludwig von Mises
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Learning Object
via David Allen
[Twitter] @gtdguy
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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
~ Eric Hoffer
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For a time, courseware was optional. Some faculty kept using paper syllabi; others adopted the online tools. Some used a combination. But as universities invested big bucks in courseware, and as courseware companies made big bucks selling it, the pressure to adopt it increased.
~ Ian Bogost via The Atlantic
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Silence is the mother of Truth.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
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Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.
~ Jean-François Revel
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