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"MR. URBAN LEGEND" AND THE LIES THAT BIND

When folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand heard the same stories from students all over, he began collecting “urban legends.” They are too much with us now.

Battling the B.S., BATTLING THE B.S.The AtticOctober 10, 2025Jan Harold Brunvand, Urban legends, The Vanishing Hitchiker, Immigrants eating pets, fake news, moral panics, BS, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Folklore, Modern folklore Comment

MILLION, BILLION -- WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

Decades ago, John Allen Paulos described the consequences of “innumeracy.” We failed that test. Now what?

BATTLING THE B.S., Battling the B.S., TEACHERS, teachers & healers, TEACHERS & HEALERSThe AtticMay 29, 2025Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos, Math literacy, Ignorance, American ignorance Comments