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John D
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Writing & Rhetoric professor; lover of Yeats, uilleann pipes, things here and gone. Slava Ukraini.
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Humble Francis
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Humble Francis
A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome
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April 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
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April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Rhet-Comp at Utah State under attack.

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Voices: We teach at USU. SB334 is an attack on our academic freedom, and it’s bad for students.
“Across [USU's] College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the faculty we have talked to have expressed feelings of intense betrayal — not just by the Legislature, but by our own university’s administ...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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An Saighdi​ú​ir Tr​é​igthe - Cathal Ó Curráin | Bláth na hÓige | TG4
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November 26, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich - Slán Leat | Bláth na hÓige | TG4
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November 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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November 19, 2024 (Tuesday)
For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America slashed at each other in the hills and...
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November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Arguably the greatest speech in American history, delivered 161 years ago today.
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The Gettysburg Address
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November 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM