January 8, 2010

To teach an aspiring writer, the teacher must understand how to arouse the student’s intellectual energy and direct it to the creation of a finished product. At first the teacher will do most of this arousing and directing, especially, perhaps, directing. But over time, unless the student gains control over his intellectual energies, he will …

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Maybe Shelby Steele is right or maybe he is wrong, but he has written the article of articles on the question of President Obama and what it (the question) tells us about race. This article needs to be parsed. I hope people embrace the discussion. Maybe I’ll be able to at some time here.