On Jul 14, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Sean Andrews wrote:
> I was led to the article by Catherine Liu's book American
> Idyll. Doug had an interview with her a few months back. It is also quite
> provocative and I was surprised at how unusual it is - and how closely her
> argument tracks those resistant to the notion that antiintellectualism is a
> thoroughly disabling starting position for a radical movement. She also
> digs deeply into the origins of testing in education (tying it to the
> misappropriation of Dewey and pragmatism in general by opportunist,
> reactionary elites.) I think this was the main topic of Doug's chat with
> her, but there is really a lot more to her book than that.
Much more! You can cover only so much in 1/2 hour. It's a very good book.
Doug