101 Escapes from Idiocracy

Our pet bunny, Zhuzhi, died the other day. She was very, very old (close to 10 years and 5 months), and had become weaker and weaker over the previous couple of weeks. We were all very attached to her, and took good care of her until the very end, when she finally stopped breathing. I am also thinking, even if this is a bit narcissistic, that Zhuzhi probably loved us back. And this may have helped her hang in for so long – if this wonderful, at times heart-breaking article, is to be believed.

Mark Edmundson, English professor at the University of Virginia, asked this question of the incoming class of 2015 a few years back. In his article, he gave advice to students on how to acquire a real education, even if the stakes were stacked against them.

This is a review of the movie which gave the name of this blog. It did not achieve Oscar glory, but can definitely make you think – particularly in the context of Donald Trump’s political (or post-political?) triumph.