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Mothering at Mid-Career: Academe and Parenthood -- Commenting on the Comments
I've probably spent more time than I should over this Memorial Day weekend at the IHE site, reading and re-reading...
Academe and Parenthood
Over at IHE, there's a story glossing two new studies that suggest that academics are less likely to have kids...
Shooting a baseline
OK, so I've got the numbers. We've completed Greenback's greenhouse gas inventory for academic years 2001 - 2007. The report...
Certainty
In a conversation with one of my department chairs this week, addressing a move we're considering making to respond to...
Drama Mama: Addicted. To Super Nanny.
Super Nanny was cancelled tonight – replaced by Lost. As if pretty, stranded people battling unknown forces could replace my...
A Miscellany of Things Related to Previous Things
As you read this, I’m on the road with Crazy Larry, headed for Louisville, Kentucky, and Abbey Road on the...
Math Mom: TMI
On a recent Saturday, right in the middle of our weekly cleaning spree, an acquaintance called to invite my eight-year-old...
Compromise and Precedent
Money shortages create all manner of frictions. Say you have a large group that believes, with varying levels of truth...