Sanity revival ...

... Things Are Looking Up | Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Stillman’s students, like the ones with whom I’m acquainted, are not crazed wantons. Yes, they’re self-important, judgmental, and confused. But isn’t this the nature of youth? Besides, they’re generally quite charming. They spout oracular judgments on everything from religion to table manners and carefully hold only socially approved prejudices.