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Looking Forward

As I write this blog on Labor Day, I am looking forward to the next day when fall semester classes...

"1493" and How We Teach History

Before I jump into an argument about how we teach history, I want to make we don't lose the point...

Going Back to Alma Mater

I spent the Sunday of Labor Day weekend touring our old campus with my college roommate, Nancy. This wasn’t the...

What's New at University of Venus - Week Ending 17 September 2011

UVenus Around the Web: Our friends at Hook and Eye gave a shout-out to our UVenus challenge in Faster Feminism...

Do We Need More Walled Gardens

When I first read about OKStateU - Oklahoma State University's (OSU) new social network, I was admittedly skeptical. Built using...

"The Threshold of Autonomy," by Tim Peters

Read the continuing adventures of Carl, recent college graduate and international traveler, by my favorite diagram-story writer, Tim Peters. Sure...

Hymn to the Libraries

There will never be enough words to write about libraries and my very personal encounters with their books. Beyond the...

The Gated Community College

If you have a kindle, or a kindle app, I really can’t recommend “The Gated City,” by Ryan Avent, highly...