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Blasphemous Bliss

In a world where ignorance is bliss, 'tis foolish to be wise. That saying's probably been around for a long...

Ramble, in re: relationships

As I was driving to campus this morning, I happened to hear a story on NPR about urban gardening in...

The wrong locality

There's been an ongoing exchange on the Green Schools list (GRNSCH-L@listserv.brown.edu). In a nutshell, it simplifies to: Question: Is X...

Get in the game

According to Newsday (and reported worldwide), IBM and folks at Los Alamos have just raised the bar on computing power...

Substance, and staffness

So, given my evolving understanding of issues of scale, have I lost sight of what Graham Cliff calls "the substance...

Follow the money

So, the Warner-Lieberman bill is finally getting to the Senate floor, and (after managing to ignore it for the entire...

Epiphany

My position at Greenback U. was created as a direct result of our president's signature on the Presidents Climate Commitment...

A box of rocks

OK, so it's not particularly related to higher ed, but I have to remark on the White House's belated release...