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Buy a Book or Take the Train

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Barry Pomeroy

Perhaps my friend’s trip to the bathroom inspired our question, or maybe it was evoked by the atmosphere of the Chinese restaurant in Boston. Our lazy hypothetical possibility was more than merely passing time, although at first I don’t think … Continue reading →

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How Using Academic Research is like being in an Argentinian Argument

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

Although many academics tacitly accept that research makes a paper stronger, they don’t exactly examine that premise. In fact, if the paper is well argued, and has evidence it has garnered from the primary text(s), other sources are superfluous. They … Continue reading →

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