American high schools have physically imprisoned young people, stripped them of civil liberties and fed them a diet of p.c. pap.
Camille PagliaFrench rhetorical models are too narrow for the English tradition. Most pernicious of French imports is the notion that there is no person behind a text. Is there anything more affected, aggressive, and relentlessly concrete than a Parisan intellectual behind his/her turgid text? The Parisian is a provincial when he pretends to speak for the universe.
Camille PagliaI am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
Camille PagliaLiberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
Camille Paglia