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Mothering at Mid-Career: Discipline and Praise
Back in the days when my peers and I were having our children, I remember hearing that one friend didn’t...
Ask the Administrator: Breaking Into Bio
A new correspondent writes: I just graduated with my masters in Biology and started to look at jobs in the...
In Which I Admit to Being Really Confused
Okay, so we're running a huge national debt, financed largely by borrowing from other countries. As I understand it, the...
You, the jury
It you live in the USA or Canada, there's an election going on in your life. I'm not going to...
... a giant leap for America.
Yesterday, the N.Y. Mercantile started auctioning mandatory carbon allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. They're mandatory, that is, if...
Drama Mama: 3 Things for My Best Friend
I have a friend in my discipline whose mother recently became ill. It is a relapse of cancer that she...
Raising Future Writers
I think the kids picked up the 'obsessed with language' gene. Two vignettes from last night's dinner: The Wife: TG...
I'm Going on Sabbatical
An adjunct's sabbatical, that is, which means I'll be staying in the teaching harness until I drop but taking a...