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Todd Pettigrew

Todd Pettigrew, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English at Cape Breton University. Follow him @toddpettigrew.

Just as I was cursed.

The opposition leader escapes a lie through clever snobbery.

Equity policies may have little impact.

Sarah Palin isn’t Shakespeare; she’s Dogberry. Not that she knows who Dogberry is.

A "take" is the opposite of a mistake. Did you get that OED people?

Don’t make the mistakes I did.

Reflections on the art of hating.

Celebrating indigenous knowledge obscures the real problems Native Canadians face.

The latest threat to the delicate sensibilities of children? Rhyming.

The gloves come off at Rate Your Students