@Prof_Cooper

Ph.D., FRSA. Now: Director of Education Policy @MackinacCenter, Host @CritReadings. Formerly: @EuroConOfficial, @MadisonProgram, @Princeton.

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In this week's episode, @d_n_keane delivers a tour de force of hosting, taking us on a trip back to the beginnings of the detective story, and placing the Murders in the Rue Morgue in the context of its influence on the genre. Share and enjoy!
Critical Readings@CritReadingsOct 19
CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue criticalreadings.com/2026/10…

CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The panel discusses Poe’s first C. Auguste Dupin story, and examines it as the first detective novel, with special attention to its literary context and the influence that it has had on later…

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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Words to live by.
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Replying to @DrMichaelBonner
Do not go gentle into that miserable midwestern winter; Wear a cream-coloured cable-knit vest even after Labor Day. Rage, rage against the dying of the summer.
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I defy autumn, I defy the ending of summer. Tomorrow's apparel, with khaki slacks, no less:
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Meant it.
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A friend described this as "a violet hiding in a hedge", which is way better than my insistence that "it doesn't have to go together; that's the point".
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Mackinac Center
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.@midmichigannow talked to our @Prof_Cooper about Michigan SAT scores showing college readiness down as 25% meet benchmarks. wwmt.com/news/state/michigan…

Michigan SAT scores show college readiness down as 25% meet benchmarks

Michigan high school juniors are posting lower SAT results than they did a decade ago, with new state data showing fewer students meeting the test’s college-rea

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Poems for Programs of Interest
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Well here's a first!
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The College Fix
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Even as over 1,200 Calif. professors plead for the return of the SAT, saying students can barely handle middle school math or finish a book, the University of Wisconsin system is moving in the opposite direction, weighing a permanent end to standardized test requirements for admissions. thecollegefix.com/u-wisconsi…
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Arouca Press
@AroucaPressOct 25
On today's Feast of Christ the King, celebrated in the traditional Roman calendar, Arouca Press is pleased to announce the publication of 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡: 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑋, edited by Vincent A. Yzermans. Saint Pius X made 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜—to restore all things in Christ—the guiding principle of his pontificate. His words remain particularly fitting on this feast, which reminds us of the kingship of Our Lord over individuals, families, and society. This newly published edition brings together 13 encyclicals and 10 selected documents of the saintly Pontiff, including his important teachings on Christian doctrine, the Church, the priesthood, and the restoration of Christian society. 402 pages | Paperback: $24.95 | Hardcover: $34.95 Order directly from Arouca Press: aroucapress.com/all-things-i… Also available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online retailers.
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Education Next@EducationNextOct 25
"During the 2026 legislative session, EdChoice tracked 95 bills across 21 states that sought to regulate or eliminate parental choice in education." bit.ly/4ysI5VN

Trust the School Choice Market, Not Its Regulators

In this election year, forces are arrayed to thwart or reverse the progress made toward universal choice

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Foggy and autumnal. A good morning for the piano.
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A friend said to me recently that Einaudi is 'the pianist's equivalent of a nice cardigan,' and I made the most 🤨 face since Robert Duvall called John Wayne 'a one-eyed fat man'.
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„Ich will Ihnen sehr herzlich danken. Vor allem dafür, dass bei Ihnen nicht nur Problemanalysen, sondern auch Auswege und wünschenswerte Alternativen zu erkennen sind.“ Dieser Satz von #JoachimGauck erreichte mich neulich als Feedback zu „Wohlstand für Junge“. Am Freitag haben wir uns nach längerer Pause wieder gesehen. Er ist seit den 90er Jahren insoweit ein Held von mir, als sich die Generation meiner Eltern eine ähnlich rigorose Aufarbeitung der bulgarischen Diktatur gewünscht hat, wie sie die Gauck-Behörde ermöglicht hat. Und dann bleibt er für mich der mit Abstand beste Bundespräsident der Berliner Republik. Im September 2023 war er einer der ersten Gäste des Ludwig-#Erhard-Forums bei unserer „Zivilisierten #Provokation“: youtube.com/watch?v=yzTiXN8l… @LEStiftung
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A Field@ponyfaceddogOct 25
This is real and it could happen to you. Read real books printed on paper. You might not see a difference, but your brain does.
Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfineOct 25
i am blaming the fact that i have extensive notes for several thousand page long books but zero recollection of actually reading them on the fact that i read them as pdfs on my laptop
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Our local listener-supported (not NPR) classical radio station, @909WRCJ, is closing out its autumn fundraiser. If you follow me, then you know that I always have WRCJ on and that I have been a supporter for years. Please join me as a listener and as a supporter! ❤️
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Here's a link to their website, where you can listen live. They also have a mobile app; and you can listen on mobile and smart devices by saying 'Play WRCJ'. wrcjfm.org/

WRCJ 90.9 FM

WRCJ ( Detroit’s Classical and Jazz FM ) broadcasts classical music from 5 am to 7 pm each day and jazz overnight.

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Here's an Arthurian podcast episode that's absolutely fit for the season. Check it out!
Christopher Michael Berard@ArthurianismOct 24
I am on Richard Abels’s Medieval History Podcast talking about King Arthur and Medieval Ghost Stories: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

The Once and Future King, part 1: Arthurian Ghost Stories (with Dr. Christopher Berard)

Podcast Episode · 'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages · October 24 · 1h 24m

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The comedy-drama film Limelight opened on this day, October 23, 1952 at the Astor Theatre and at the Trans-Lux 60th Street Theatre in New York City. Video | The two silent-era legends Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton perform a chaotic musical act filled with physical comedy, sheet-music struggles, wardrobe malfunctions, and Chaplin tumbling off the stage into a large bass drum.
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Otto Von Tweetmarck
@OVTweetmarckOct 23
Please pray and give.
ScissorMeTimbers ✂️
@scissormountainOct 23
Nova…not a great update. Her body is rejecting picc lines. So they’re keeping an iv in her scalp and hoping that’ll work. Also, infections & fever seem to be worsening but her surgeon wants to still have this surgery on the 28th instead of waiting for the surgical site to clear up as they need that incision for the removal of her jaw hardware. He wants to save her from “unnecessary radiation” of a ct scan to see if the infection is in her bone, and just do the surgery regardless. I’m just at a loss. She is declining rapidly. I was not able to go last night as I had hoped due to a pretty bad storm. I wasn’t comfortable loading up my other babies for the drive and their drive back especially in the dark. I’m getting ready to go now. Please pray for nova, our travels, just my family as we try to navigate this. For the first time in a while I am having a heavy doom feeling regarding her health and ability to pull through all of this. She’s done nothing but have to fight for her life and I know she is just so tired. Gfm-gofund.me/f3680c0a1 Give send go-givesendgo.com/baby-novas-fi… Cash App- $allthestars92
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@Prof_CooperOct 19
In this week's episode, @d_n_keane delivers a tour de force of hosting, taking us on a trip back to the beginnings of the detective story, and placing the Murders in the Rue Morgue in the context of its influence on the genre. Share and enjoy!
Critical Readings@CritReadingsOct 19
CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue criticalreadings.com/2026/10…

CR Episode 344: The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The panel discusses Poe’s first C. Auguste Dupin story, and examines it as the first detective novel, with special attention to its literary context and the influence that it has had on later…

criticalreadings.com
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Bret van den Brink
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How beautiful these lines! how worthy of them the gloss!— “Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err, there does a fable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night.” —John Milton, Comus “These lines are turned like that verse of Ovid, Fast. L. v. 545. ‘Fallor? An arma sonant? Non fallimur: arma sonabant.’ The repetition, arising from the conviction and confidence of an unaccusing conscience, is inimitably beautiful. … When all succour seems to be lost, heaven unexpectedly presents the silver lining of a sable cloud to the virtuous.” —Thomas Warton
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Today’s booksale find: Warton’s edition of Milton’s poetry—
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