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Introduction If you've stopped by the blog in the past few weeks, you have probably seen The Line 5 Syllabus I created. As I explain there, it's an expanded version of a syllabus I prepared for the summer M.A. course I'm currently teaching on "Literature and Social...

You may have seen that last week I unveiled the Line 5 Syllabus-- a resource for anyone who wants to understand the matter in its most complex and historical dimensions. Thanks to everyone who took a look. I mention this because you can bet that Line 5 will be a topic...

This public syllabus started out modestly, as a short syllabus for the Summer course I'm teaching on Literature and Social Engagement. I wanted to teach a course that was rooted in local and regional social concerns and chose to focus, which should come as no surprise...

Look, I've written this same post I don't know how many times, so I won't belabor it. But what's the point of a system that pretends to hold corporations accountable without ever holding them accountable. I mean, I appreciate that the DNR Commissioner wants to pretend...

Do you get déjà vu? Among the very first assignments I gave myself when I started this blog more than ten years ago was to read and draw some lessons from the comprehensive report released in July 2012 by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after its...

I'm on vacation this week, enjoying the Lake Michigan paradise so many of us are working to protect. For that reason, I don't have time to provide any real analysis here. But I do want to note that major news has come from federal court in Wisconsin: a judge has rule...