http://dir.salon.com/topics/david_alford/?source=rss&aim=david_alford en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/11/memory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/11/memory/index.html?source=rss Like all the other blazoned dates of our lives, private and public, Sept. 11, too, will fade away. Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/10/15/bully/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/10/15/bully/index.html?source=rss By David Alford By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/08/denial_of_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/08/denial_of_death/index.html?source=rss We aren't just angry at terrorists; we are furious that we are not immune to death. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/17/david_alford/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/17/david_alford/index.html?source=rss Tenure made me soft. Then an aikido master taught me his moves. Letters to the Editor Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/17/swaggart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/17/swaggart/index.html?source=rss Would Jimmy Swaggart's God forbid sex? Plus: Merger rumors behind hot VA Linux IPO; reducing Russia to vodka-swilling stereotype. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/10/lastyear14/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/10/lastyear14/index.html?source=rss When a student turned her affections on me, I learned the values of professional boundaries. Letters to the Editor Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/09/mp3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/09/mp3/index.html?source=rss Will MP3.com make you a rock star? Plus: If pilots can boost safety, your doctor ought to be able to; looking for literature's "real men." By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/03/lastyear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/03/lastyear/index.html?source=rss All the rules in the world against romancing students can't explain away the elusive emotions of this vocational hazard. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/11/12/lastyear11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/11/12/lastyear11/index.html?source=rss Ghostly heart attacks, cancers and other assorted ills have plagued me for the last 31 years. Could the cause be my beloved job? By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/29/lastyear9/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/29/lastyear9/index.html?source=rss Returning to the philosophy class that I had canceled, I wasn't sure who or what I would find. Letters to the Editor Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/29/tweens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/29/tweens/index.html?source=rss Are 13-year-olds ready for "hand jobs and heavy petting"? Plus: "Weird Weekends" host talks back; it's time for minorities to rethink party loyalties. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/22/lastyear8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/22/lastyear8/index.html?source=rss After another personal blow-up in philosophy, I took the only out: To shout like Jehovah and declare the end had come. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/15/lastyear7/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/15/lastyear7/index.html?source=rss In a small town in Mexico, a teacher gave me the chalk and demanded a lesson in revolution. Letters to the Editor Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/15/animal_farm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/15/animal_farm/index.html?source=rss TNT exec defends "Animal Farm" ad and film; adventurous travelers should be prepared for the worst; "open-source journalism" dates back to Oklahoma City bombing. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/08/lastyear6/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/08/lastyear6/index.html?source=rss My momentous monologue turns to dust under the scrutiny of a well-prepared student. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/24/lastyear4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/24/lastyear4/index.html?source=rss When his students find reality more compelling than fiction, this teacher, a former anarchist, finds it hard to play the authority card. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/17/lastyear3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/17/lastyear3/index.html?source=rss Sometimes we just have to stand aside and let our students become the teachers. By David Alford Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/10/lastyear2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/10/lastyear2/index.html?source=rss After poker, sex and forgetting, I face a room full of faces and suddenly remember.