Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias by Donald Lazere 235 pp. Palgrave Macmillan.  $95.00 Political labels can be funny things.  I know I’m an odd bird in this…

I see the formulation all the time,  but I rarely give it much thought. “Teaching isn’t a science.  It’s an art.” “Teaching isn’t a science.  It’s a craft.” “Teaching isn’t…

One reason that I can teach Purgatorio without the other two is because of its slow start.  Since the poem is a third done when the Pilgrim finally gets into…

As with most things I’ve taught, I had no business teaching Greek philosophy when first I gave it a run.  Sure, I had been a double-major in English and humanities…

JAC (a journal of rhetoric, culture, and politics) goes online Some sensible suggestions for revising seminary education In honor of Reformation Day, 15 Theses for the Charismatic movement Socratic teaching,…

I don’t keep count of how many times people recommend books to me (I never have the presence of mind to start the count on the first instance, and three…

Telling God’s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation by John W. Wright 164 pp.  $19.00  IVP Academic I actually became aware of this book while reading Stan Hauerwas’s Working with…

Let’s get this straight: Public sector employees are not overpaid. More to ponder on inflammatory public rhetoric and risks of violence I’ll take an order of Skinner with some Darwin…

No, I have no plans to write anything at all about any MTV shows that may or may not still be on that network.  (Having been without cable for nearly…

Gene Fant talks University Statements of Faith. Why Sherlock Holmes matters. Are non-overlapping magisteria a myth? Fred Sanders counsels writers on learning the craft. Aikido and the Art of the…