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Post-early childhood, I was never that big on Christmas. My mother was kind of a fanatic about the holiday —...

The Boy and The Girl decided to write stories as Christmas presents to their teachers this year. They started on...

A couple of weeks ago, Lee pitched an idea for bringing several of us at UVenus together around a single...

No, not how long I’ve been an IHE blogger (see below); our wedding anniversary. Mrs. Churm and I had already...

A new correspondent writes: This is something I have been thinking about for about 6 months, but your two columns...

The Economist makes a convincing case that pursuing a Ph.D. is, at best, irrational. In " The Disposable Academic" (12/16/10)...

My 200-level students last semester proposed or redesigned a university-level course for their final assignment.* They were allowed to make...

In response to my last blog, John commented very keenly. By the time I was finished with a rejoinder, it...