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Poisonous Knowledge
A new book looks at the narcopolitics of methamphetamine. Scott McLemee grinds his teeth while reading it.
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Helpful Hints for Hidden Hoops
Over the past week, I've heard three separate discussions of invisible hoops in the job market that disfavor folks who...
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Adhocracy and the Transformation of Libraries
I’ve been mulling over a couple of documents that have generated a lot of chatter in my online circles in...
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Being Curious
The day I am writing this, I am sick. I was supposed to go to the Polish Consulate to do...
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Academic Freedom's Best Days
I'll sketch out a claim that academic freedom flourished in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then consider why, then...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: The Cruellest Month?
Dean Dad seems to agree with T.S. Eliot that “April is the cruellest month.” He’s got a point: just as...
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Diversity Begins At Home
The Wife is Catholic, and I’m not. She’s raising the kids Catholic, though we’ve negotiated some boundaries on that. The...
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Creating community when you don't have a "quad"
What happens when your students are not physically at your campus? How do they find and create community when they...