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Tim Burke has a characteristically thoughtful post up about transparency and cost-cutting, and the various dilemmas that cost-cutting poses in...

Last week I dropped by the departmental office to pick up my mail, take care of a few errands, and...

Here’s my weekday morning start: I wake up in time for about 10 minutes of quiet before the 45 minutes...

what the world looks like when you're seven. An actual exchange last night: The Boy: You know, I try to...

I often find it interesting to chase down links and other references provided when folks respond to my posts. Generally...

Well, that post title was a little redundant, don’t you think? For my readers not in academe, Cary Nelson is...

Last Monday I wrote my blog post during a snow day; today it’s 80F and sunny, and I’m on spring...

For some reason, there's a persistent subset of people – both faculty and staff – who can't raise one issue...