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'It's a catastrophe. Relax!'
So Nobel laureate Michael Beard assures us all of the the inevitability and consequences of global warming, in Ian McEwan's...
The Girl Plays T-Ball
This Saturday The Girl had her first t-ball game. T-ball, for the uninitiated, is a version of baseball in which...
More on the Humanities and the Marketplace
“Henry Adams’s” most recent “Academic Bait-and-Switch” column in The Chronicle, in which he discusses all of his misguided reasons for...
Ask the Administrator: Hiring Earlier in the Cycle
A new correspondent writes: I work in an English Department at a mid-sized community college and currently chair a search...
Thoughts on Apple, Flash, Connect Pro and Adobe
Check out Steve Jobs' open letter on why Apple does not allow Flash on its mobile devices. Jobs gives a...
Math Geek Mom: Making the Grade (Sort Of)
I remember my comprehensive exams in graduate school as the low point of that experience. Classes were fun, and I...
Co-op-ucation
Just one more thought -- really, a question -- on the subject of co-ops. Cooperation isn't just a form of...
Motherhood After Tenure: Switching Roles, or, How I Turned into Archie Bunker
As I have mentioned before, my husband quit his job in January, making me the official “breadwinner” and reversing the...