Opinion

What are the odds? There was actually a staggeringly brilliant piece in the New York Times yesterday! (The piece is...

I’m in Chicago, since Crazy Larry finally got me a comp ticket to the play he’s in. It’s a good...

Carolyn Segal considers the impact of an essay -- and its unexpected afterlife in the world of plagiarism Web sites.

A former cc administrator -- who is not me -- did a piece in the Chronicle about deans and chairs...

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, a president-turned-presidential search consultant, considers why many candidacies are needlessly ruled out, and suggests that the questions asked may be too narrow.

A regular correspondent writes: Lots of people are showing up in class these days who have been cut off from...

They long for a clash of civilizations that would destroy our liberties. Scott McLemee worries about the fanatics among us.

My friend Chip wants to be my life coach. He said those words. When I asked what he meant, he...