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What’s Next for Democrats? Advice from The Renaissance
President-election Donald Trump meets with President Barrack Obama on Thursday. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza By Peter C. Herman Okay, we lost. We lost “bigly,” as President-Elect Donald...
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‘Don’t Know Much About History’: The CSU and General Education
Students take a test during a class at San Diego State University. Courtesy SDSU There’s a train about to hit the California State University system. Last year, without any genuine consultation with...
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Opinion: America Needs Literature to Explain the Donald Trump Phenomenon
Supporters of President Trump in in Oceanside protest an appearance by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in November. Photo by Chris Stone As she has done for the last three years, New York Times columnist...
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UC San Diego Hosts 2-Day Forum for Authors Writing in Indigenous Languages
The Geisel Library at UC San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone UC San Diego will play host to dozens of indigenous voices during a two-day “International Symposium of Indigenous Writers and Their Critics”...
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Opinion: An Ancient Greek Tragedy Holds a Mirror to Trump’s Coronavirus...
President Trump at a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. White House photo When we find ourselves in times of trouble, we customarily turn to Shakespeare’s plays for guidance. Shakespeare used the...
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Opinion: Trump’s Bizarre Criticism of Capt. Crozier for Expressing His...
Capt. Brett Crozier (right) recognizing a crew member aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in December. Navy photo President Donald Trump’s contempt for reading and writing lengthy texts has long been...
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Opinion: Shakespeare and the Catastrophic End of Donald Trump’s Presidency
President Donald Trump alone in the Oval Office at the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Peter C. Herman In the end, Trump’s presidency followed the general arc of a Shakespearean tragedy....
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Opinion: Amazons, Fettuccine, Surfing and the Future of Undergraduate Education
San Diego State University is quiet and nearly deserted while classes are not in session during the pandemic. Photo by Chris Stone Last week the Senate Executive Committee at San Diego State...
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Comic-Con Museum Exhibit Chronicles a Famous Writer’s Mass-Market Impact
The cover of “Hemingway in Comics.” Courtesy of the Comic-Con Museum With its newest exhibit, the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park is offering a moveable feast to pop culture junkies and fans of great...
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Opinion: ChatGPT Can Write Your Term Paper, But Expect an ‘F’
Students take a test during a class at San Diego State University. Courtesy SDSU After ChatGPT—an online program that generates essays on demand—arrived on the scene a few months ago, it inspired...
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