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Monday Musings
In discussing a nearby park, TG asked me “why did they put a hill there when they designed the world?”...
What's the Matter with Rory?
My acquaintance Rory has a Ph.D. in American literature and is an administrator and a poet of sorts himself. At...
Math Geek Mom : A Mother Lion Does Statistics
When I entered graduate school, I once proudly proclaimed to someone I had just met that “I don’t want to...
Assessing Professional Development
Most colleges set aside at least some 'professional development' money for faculty and staff. The idea behind it is that...
Waxman-Markey Secrets Revealed!
Is it the road map to a brave new world? The end of Western civilization as we know it? Both...
Teaching and Sorting
Via Cold Spring Shops, I ran across this quote from conservative commentator David Frum: Why are the wages of the...
Motherhood After Tenure: they're killing doctors
They’re killing doctors. That’s what I thought in October, 1998 when I heard that Dr. Barnett Slepian had been gunned...
ABCs and PhD's: Impostor
A lot of my memory of college is a blur now, but a few things I stand out in my...