Author Archives: Luke Ford

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been noted in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

Trump Indictment Tomorrow? (3-21-23)

01:00 I bought her silence with your superchats 06:30 Rise of the Neo-Prudes! — Amy Wax, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/not-without-a-fight-amy-wax 10:00 The art of forgetting, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/03/09/the-dream-of-forgetfulness-primer-for-forgetting-lewis-hyde/ 14:30 Tucker on the prospects of an indictment of Donald Trump 18:30 The Silicon Valley Bank Attack? … Continue reading

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Will A Trump Indictment Spark Riots? (3-20-23)

01:30 Tucker Carlson on Trump’s looming indictment 24:00 Heterodox Academy: A good idea gone awry?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTsnozDF20 25:00 Why it took years for Cofnas to publish his critque of Heterodox Academy 26:00 Four Reasons Why Heterodox Academy Failed, https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/35/4/four-reasons-why-heterodox-academy-failed 42:00 Bethany … Continue reading

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NYR: Adherents to Maria Montessori’s radical methods have extended from progressive parents to Benito Mussolini

From the New York Review: * From her earliest days at the university Montessori identified as a feminist and a socialist. She became secretary of the Association for Women, a group that lobbied for community education, female suffrage, a law … Continue reading

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Having the Last Word

From the New York Review: * Janet Malcolm made her reputation writing about people who didn’t know when to shut up. Most of us like to talk about ourselves, and given the faintest encouragement will say enough to wind up … Continue reading

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Departments on the Defensive

From the New York Review: * Academic criticism can thus be regarded as an innovation of the 1920s, like the lie detector, water skiing, the timed traffic light, and the bread slicer. * the pitched battles over curriculum and methodology … Continue reading

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