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Trump’s Going After Museums – Liza Donnelly
By Liza Donnelly, Apr 03, 2025 Trump’s Going After Museums by Liza Donnelly Read on Substack I am outraged. National Endowment for the Arts grants have been canceled. Many cultural and art institutions across the country have received letters informing them of their grant cancelations. This is will affect so many museums, historical sites and…
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Letter from an English Department on the Brink | Sarah Blackwood | The New York Review of Books
By Sarah Blackwood, April 2, 2023 At the English department I chair, our major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years. We are being driven to the edge of extinction anyway. I write to you with news about the state of the English major at one non-elite, midsize, regional comprehensive…
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What Is Occam’s Razor? | Occam’s Razor Examples | Popular Mechanics
Without Occam’s razor, we may not have Boyle’s law, which made jaws drop in an iconic demonstration with a compass, magnet, and feather. By Caroline Delbert, Feb 24, 2022 Occam’s razor is a figure of speech and fundamental idea that helps us remember the value of simplicity. It specifically states that “when you have two…
