Go Down to the Crossroads

I'm willing to bet that Harold Bloom is wagging his meaty arthritic fist right now, decrying the declining influence of classical educations and the literary canon. Ah, yes, the classical education. Gone are the days when a crested Exeter boy was considered cultured if he knew his Greeks, could recite some Donne, and laughed at the right moments in As You Like It. I'm not going to say times were simpler then but…actually, yes, that's exactly what I'm going to say. Times were simpler then.

Peop...