Opinion

This week’s Economist brings news that Dr. Craig Venter has made the penultimate step toward “what people are hoping to...

By Oronte

Drunken assholes in a rage don't make decorous fans. The NCAA, whose annual meeting in Nashville UD just attended, can...

By UD

David Galef's latest dispatch from U of All People, in honor of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual meeting this week.

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A new correspondent writes: I just started teaching part time for a local college and have applied for a full...

By Dean Dad

How many degrees are there separating Stanley Fish, Tom Cruise, and Maoist revolution? Scott McLemee finds out....

By Scott McLemee

Clancy, over at Culture Cat, tagged me with this one, and I couldn't resist. She tried to peg her administrative...

By Dean Dad

Last night, in the car, just after I picked up The Boy at CCD on my way home from work...

By Dean Dad

A week ago today, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) issued what had to be a hugely embarrassing news...

By News