Monthly Archives: September 2010

That’s what AP writer Beth Harpaz asks in this article. Railing against kids who can’t figure out ice-cube trays (their fridges make ice), tie their shoes (their sneakers are velcro), or use a can opener (their cans have pop tops), … Continue reading →

Back to that repeatedly-made point about historiography and wikipedia, here’s a fascinating example/teaching tool: a 12-volume history of the Wikipedia entry on the Iraq War. This is historiography. This is what culture actually looks like: a process of argument, of … Continue reading →