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Ask the Administrator: The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight
A new correspondent writes: The letter about the horrible adjunct struck a cord for me, but for a very different...
The return of reality-based government
I'm as over-inaugurated as anybody. For fully understandable reasons, the nation is partying hearty. Wall Street fell a full 4%...
Remedial Sequences
A hat-tip to Sherman Dorn for pointing out this story in IHE that I had missed. According to a report...
ABCs and PhDs: Anticipation
Last Tuesday my 7-year-old came home from school and proudly showed off his new library book about a super-hero who...
Reading improves the atmosphere
If you believe that the truly educated never graduate, then I'm still a student. Certainly, I read a lot. And...
Old Words for a New Leader
My occasional book the past few weeks has been Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Collaborating in the Classroom
I’m teaching a new course this semester, and it’s one that requires me to stretch quite a bit beyond my...
President Obama
When Barack Obama was born, his parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia. This Fall, he carried Virginia. I've...