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• Views On Political Correctness In Higher Education

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 480
  In the opening sentence of a key chapter in his new book on the academy, “ No University Is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom ,” Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors and a self-identified leftist, makes an important, and conciliatory, point: “Although few students or ...
  4 days ago

• Political Correctness Revisited: Views From Both Sides

  
  The Opinionator — Authority: 721
  Two recent books give hope for a reasonable debate on political speech in the university.
  5 days ago

• 10 annoying phrases that serve absolutely no purpose

  
  Asylum Australia — Authority: 147
  Filed under: Humour We, at Asylum, are becoming increasingly aggrieved by more a class of horrible phrases that serve no purpose. The ones which are as unnecessary as they are insufferable. Not only do statements like "no offense" and "whatever" grate on the ear, they ... Read more   Permalink  |  Email ...
  1 week ago

• And the Winner: No Problem

  
  The Opinionator — Authority: 721
  A look at some of the readers responses to a column about current expressions that drive us up a wall.
  1 week ago

• 10 annoying phrases that serve absolutely no purpose

  
  Asylum.co.uk — Authority: 570
  Filed under: Humour We, at Asylum, are becoming increasingly aggrieved by more a class of horrible phrases that serve no purpose. The ones which are as unnecessary as they are insufferable. Not only do statements like "no offense" and "whatever" grate on the ear, they ... Read more   Permalink  |  Email ...
  1 week ago

• 10 Annoying Phrases That Serve No Purpose

  
  Asylum — Authority: 729
  Filed under: Humor , Highbrow , Weird News Contrarian academic Stanley Fish recently had a post on his NY Times blog discussing what phrases he finds most annoying. We couldnt help but notice the majority of the phrases Fish called out -- such as "Can I put you on hold," "Sold out" and "To ... Read more   ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can I Put You On Hold?

  
  The Opinionator — Authority: 721
  Were surrounded by maddening words and expressions, all of them seemingly designed to make us miserable, or at least grumpy.
  2 weeks ago

• How To Do Your Job: Stanley Fish, Save The World On Your Own Time

  
  Tenured Radical — Authority: 410
  Save The World On Your Own Time (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). Hardcover, $19.95. Stanley Fish is a crank. An erudite crank, an influential crank, but a crank all the same. Which may be why I was inclined to like Save The World On Your Own Time , because although we are a different kind of crank, I ...
  5 weeks ago

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