Does this Spark Joy?
In fourth grade I told my teacher that I wanted to be a high school history teacher because the content was “more complex” than in fourth grade. This moment ushered in what I like to call the “Hoarding Years.” I saved [and moved to too many houses] all of my history projects, notes, and books […]
Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas
Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas A version of this piece originally appeared at VTDigger.org on 8/17/17 BOOKS ARE WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS is an oft-used paraphrase of Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches and FDR-commissioned posters during WWII. And make no mistake about it, we are fully entrenched in the latest battle of the […]