When Joe Klein exclaimed (see here) that the “E” in DEI should stand for excellence, I thought of PTW's mission statement, attributed to Aristotle: “Excellence doesn' happen by accident." We're off.
"Parlous times" indeed!!! The Paideia Times be parlous riparian terrain for the novice reader: a dozen sharp rhetorical rocks upon which one might shipwreck; dizzyingly–quick tide changes to navigate; copious footnotes to snag one's lines upon; unabashed outrage at principles abandoned and twisted; mild manifestos lurking a hair's breadth below the surface. . . "Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!" Bravo and Hallelujah, Peter!
"Parlous times" indeed!!! The Paideia Times be parlous riparian terrain for the novice reader: a dozen sharp rhetorical rocks upon which one might shipwreck; dizzyingly–quick tide changes to navigate; copious footnotes to snag one's lines upon; unabashed outrage at principles abandoned and twisted; mild manifestos lurking a hair's breadth below the surface. . . "Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!" Bravo and Hallelujah, Peter!