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PROFESSOR MEETS GUN, PART FIVE: MY BOYS LIKE SHOOTOUTS
First, an update: I haven't yet contacted anyone about going shooting, but I will.While I'm arranging that, I plan to...
Going 'Un-Global'
As summer begins, negotiations in the so-called Doha Round of world trade talks again heat up as countries jockey to...
The Career Coach Is In: Call For Questions
When we started the Mama, PhD blog, coeditors Caroline Grant and Elrena Evans really wanted to have a career advice...
Indy's Dean
Although I kinda expected it to suck – which it did – this weekend I took TW to see the...
Styron's Havanas in Camelot
Wednesday would have been the 83rd birthday of William Styron, author of Sophie’s Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and...
Blasphemous Bliss
In a world where ignorance is bliss, 'tis foolish to be wise. That saying's probably been around for a long...
Fridays and Footprints
With gas around four dollars a gallon, the seventies-era idea of colleges closing on Fridays to reduce travel is making...
Staying Smart in Dumbed-Down Times
Judith Shapiro considers the state of anti-intellectualism and the responsibility of the educated to counter it.