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전라남도 해남군 문래면 우수영에 서 있는 ‘13척의 이순신’ 동상. 명량대첩을 거둔 울둘목이 내려다 보인다. 이순신 장군이 칼 대신 지도를 들고 있다. [사진=노병천 제공] 세상에 어리석은 질문이 있다. 노처녀에게 “시집 언제 가느냐”고 묻는 질문이다. 그런데 이보다 더 어리석은 질문이 있다. 바로 “전쟁이 나겠느냐”고 묻는 질문이다. 나라에 큰일이 생기면 꼭 이런 질문이 나온다. 지난해 터진 천안함 폭침...
Read MoreAround the country, a new career-minded education standard is slowly edging out the old academic focus on Lord Of the Flies book summaries and five-paragraph essays. So far 42 states have pledged to adopt the (coercively)...
Read MoreTaught by two Googlers and available on YouTube free of charge, the class might be the largest instance of group education in the world, and the students–even around the world–seem to be eating it up. If...
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Media darlings and mavens of masterful storytelling who took center stage with aplomb in 2011. Welcome to Part 2 of my annual list of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice as a speaker or communicator. This week,...
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We hacked through dozens of year-end lists–and, yes, checked them twice–to bring you our curated best and worst of 2011. Here’s the mother of all roundups that you will find online, offline, and everywhere...
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