First, a few of my beliefs, to clarify the provocative title and scare quotes: Our society doesn’t react strongly enough to the subtle racism, sexism,
My piece for the Atlantic ran yesterday, on how student learning is not directly connected to exploitative labor policies. I had some interesting conversations, on
“Get some burgers, get some beers data, a few laughs, Dude, our troubles are over.” http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-KDCB4bbmbh24m/the_big_lebowski_1998_walters_plan/ I thought of Walter’s line in the Big Lebowski
Why choose to be an English major? Why choose to study language and literature? According to University of Virginia Professor of English Mark Edmundson, one
This past weekend I went to my favorite conference, Science Online: a yearly gathering of scientists, teachers, science writers,librarians, museum curators, press officers, and many
sciseekclaimtoken-4f859adbaca65 Been thinking more on my piece last night on the problems of poor smart kids choosing not to apply to selective colleges. I still
There is a predictable uproar about the latest installment, in Forbes this time, of our national conversation entitled: Golly Aren’t Academics Living Lazy Leisurely Lives
“Take the ball, you KKK motherfucker.” So said one of my many basketball opponents after I made a basket at Hamilton Playground. Violence in his
As a parent and a human being, I am horrified and terrified by the events of last week in Newtown, Connecticut. I have hugged my
Over the weekend I witnessed several seemingly unrelated conversations that held a common thread. On the surface, these might seem to be shallow conversations about
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