Opinion

A newly-hired correspondent writes: I would really appreciate any thoughts/suggestions/advice/anecdotes concerning politics for the newbie. I am a relatively new...

By Dean Dad

“Random thoughts” posted an interesting comment to last week’s post, about the difference between thoughtlessness and active malice in our...

By Susan O'Doherty

Richard Poirier, man of letters, founding editor of the journal Raritan, and longtime Rutgers University English professor, has died. In...

By UD

Calculus, which I begin teaching again on Monday, is the world of the infinitesimal. Rather than asking about changes over...

By Rosemarie Emanuele

As faculty jobs evaporate elsewhere, hiring is strong in a non-traditional sector. David Clinefelter discusses the qualities that are important to those doing the hiring.

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Gregg Chenoweth's experience at the famed Oxford Round Table, at its 20th anniversary, offered a melding of mind and matter, pub and pulpit, enchantment and irritation.

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Although I frequently disagree with Dr. Crazy, I have to give her props on this. There's something anachronistic about the...

By Dean Dad

First, let me just state that Sunday's post about Greenback's library was in no way a setup for Tuesday's debut...

By G.. Rendell