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You get what you can be talked into paying for
The local newsrag has a car section which seems to get thicker and more vociferous every week. Discounts on this...
PROFESSOR MEETS GUN Part Six: ARMING OBAMA
I've taken my headline from a piece in today's Wall Street Journal about Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, about...
Tom v. Huck
My son Starbuck, who’s six, is home a lot this summer, so I figured we might find some time to...
Drama Mama: 8 Things That Terrify Me About This Next Generation
1. Low boredom threshold “The book was the worst…no just the first couple of pages. I skimmed a summary on...
What If...
A commenter to yesterday's post about compensating staff made a point I've wondered about before. It's worth contemplating – not...
Ask the Administrator: Recognizing Staff
A returning correspondent writes: The vice president who oversees the majority of support staff at my SLAC is constructing a...
Math Mom: Success?
Last Friday, an impromptu conversation in the mailroom at my University jolted my pulse into my aerobic zone. I might...
ABC's and PhD's: Creating Programs for Local Elementary Schools
Non-traditional academics have many skills different from the general population of "parent volunteers" at an elementary school. This provides a...