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Mothering at Mid-Career: Getting what you didn't ask for
This summer for the first time my family joined a CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture). We signed up to receive a weekly...
Bread crumb the sixth - on the canal
In the course of my wanderings, I found a lock. Not a padlock -- a canal lock. At a place...
I Need a Wife
My office-mate Jessica spat those words out in exasperation one afternoon as she raced into the office with a pile...
Pulling the Goalie
In conversation recently with a colleague at another college, I realized that what she was describing something I’ve seen a...
Why My Bookmarks Are Not Delicious
Eric Stoller and his discussants make a compelling case for using Delicious. I'm no longer a Delicious person, and was...
India's Higher Education Quality Deficit
A constant theme in discussions with Indian academics, government officials, and business people concerns the low quality of the country’s...
3D education
Within the last two weeks, I have taken my older daughter to see Eclipse in IMAX as well as Toy...
Gender and Pay
In a recent New York Times article David Leonhardt makes a point that we on this site have been discussing...