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Wind and wave
As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the things I noticed on the way to vacation was an...
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Craft and Evidence
I've been chewing on Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford's explanation of how the spiritual enervation that came from working...
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Long Distance Mom: Mr. Bill
Middle-aged readers will remember the popular Saturday Night Live sketch of the 1970s and early 80s-- Mr. Bill. Mr. Bill...
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The end of which year?
Before I got into the higher ed sector, I had a hand in payroll processing for a fairly large corporation...
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ABC's and PhD's: A ramble on problems and on collaboration
Last week I went to a lecture by David Montgomery, author of “Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations”. I didn’t expect...
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Another Successful Prediction
They say that a prophet is never appreciated in his own country. That said, this article from IHE certainly rang...
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Mothering at Mid-Career
My piece last week struck a nerve, it seems, among some childless academics and with at least one person who...
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Ask the Administrator: In a Holding Pattern
A new correspondent writes: I’m writing you for advice because recently I’ve run into a brick wall in my job...