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Will Homer Save Us?

Have we become a post-literate society? That’s the debate currently agitating historians, journalists, English teachers, and reading researchers. (Or, should I say, the debate that is raging once again, since…
The Library with a squared table, illuminated bookshelf, and a mirrored ceiling.
From the Founder

The Death of Truth

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” — George Orwell Starting on May 30, Planet Word is launching the first…

A mascot of the Iowa State Fair in a parade.
From the Founder

Losing Iowa

I’m from Iowa originally, and being a smallish, quiet state, there was never much to brag about — no professional sports teams, no especially big cities, no astounding geological spectacles…