Tom McBride
Tom McBride is co-author of the annual Beloit College Mindset List.
He is a specialist in Shakespeare. For 42 years he taught at Beloit, where he won an award for excellence in teaching. He also coordinated the Mackey Distinguished Writers' Program and the First Year Initiatives Program.
He has published both critical essays and creative non-fiction in journals as diverse as Texas Studies in Language and Literature, Two Cities and The Common Review.
He co-authored, with Ron Nief, The Mindset Lists of American History (Wiley, 2011) and The Mindset List of the Obscure (Sourcebooks, 2014).
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Wisdom comes with age, right? Tom McBride says there might be a very good reason for that.
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Tom McBride says there are rituals that connect us every day.
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It's good to be first, right? Tom McBride makes the case for second.
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Who on earth is that old person? Don't worry, advises Tom McBride. That photo looks nothing like you.
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A conqueror, an actor, and the future of the planet. Tom McBride brings it all together for us.
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Know what a "floating capital" is? Doesn't matter, says Tom McBride. Just delete that ancient history.
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Sure, she's Tom McBride's best friend. But what does she think of his writing?
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Dogs can't talk, but oh, can they communicate, says Tom McBride.
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Cold enough for ya? Tom McBride says don't worry — spring's coming.
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There's time to prepare for the tough questions your infant is going to throw at you in a few years. Consider this a public service announcement/parental advisory from Tom McBride.