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Do we all need to grow up?

John Fea   |  August 11, 2023

David Brooks thinks so, and he’s probably right. Here is a taste of his recent New York Times column: If I were asked to trace the decline of the American psyche, I suppose I would go to a set of […]

David Bromwich on the state of the university

John Fea   |  March 16, 2022

Over at The Chronicle of Higher Education, Len Gutkin interviews Yale English professor David Bromwich on the state of higher education. The interview comes on the thirtieth anniversary of Bromwich’s Politics by Other Means: Higher Education and Group Thinking. Bromwich […]

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn on Bridgerton

John Fea   |  May 28, 2021

If you like Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s writing at Current, you will also enjoy her recent piece at Zocalo Public Square. Here is a taste: “Everything is broken,” repeated the chorus of a Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy—strings (guitar, […]