Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Book that Changed my Life (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 4)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  A couple of years before I retired, our energetic new high-school librarian proposed that interested faculty and staff contribute to the library’s website brief essays on books that had had a significant impact on their lives.  What follows is … Continue reading →

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Denying the Holocaust (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 3)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: In the late 1990s, a number of seniors at my school received, through the mail, “information” from a group denying the reality of the Holocaust. (For an earlier instance, go here)  One of their English teachers asked me to talk to … Continue reading →

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