This blog has gone somewhat old-timey in the past few days because I am convincing myself to go to this passion play they are putting on at Angola. I will go for the sakes of some of the players, although I would like to boycott this event given my objection to the fact that, in … More Aaron Neville
In the late 1950s Evelyn Fox Keller, then a PhD student, was the object of a rather successful demoralization campaign in the Department of Physics at Harvard University (Working It Out, 77-91). Why she was admitted to the program if her abilities were not in fact trusted is a fair question whose answer, I wager, … More Evelyn Fox Keller
The latest newsletter of the LFT: Fiscal insanity grips legislature In a breathtaking display of fiscal irresponsibility, lawmakers have advanced three separate bills that would abolish the state’s corporate and personal income taxes, leaving multi-billion dollar gaps in future budgets. The House Ways and means Committee approved: HB 634 by Rep. Hunter Greene, (R-Baton Rouge), … More Peligro
This is one more of my morose posts, designed to shed pain so that I can move on in life. Why I am in this degree of pain it is hard to tell, but it is as though I had murdered someone. The phrase “you have no power over me any more” helps a great … More Intimidating, Selfish, Threatening
I was born already tired of hearing about Tillie Olsen because in graduate school, the older students would insist she be included on every woman related syllabus, and they evinced some sort of secret knowledge that she was the answer (she was always to be assigned as the final reading in the course, the period). … More Tillie Olsen
Despite the fact that I should not need or want glasses because I have contact lenses, I do want them and I am convinced I need them; despite the fact that I can survive with two different pairs of dime store glasses, I want real ones and I think this is reasonable. Despite the fact … More On Corrective Lenses
Marilyn Young has had a very interesting career. In her essay in Working It Out (213-227), you can see that she thought of herself as a professional historian far sooner in life than I or most people I knew in graduate school in the eighties did. I do not really know why this is or … More Working It Out: Marilyn Young
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The real scandal around the endowment by the Koch brothers of two chairs at Florida State University is that state universities now have to seek such outside money and accept strings. The reason they have to do so is that many state legislatures have chosen not to have state universities any more. At many ‘state … More Juan Cole
Graduation was this weekend and meetings about next year start tomorrow. Since next year starts tomorrow, we will remember to write our own job descriptions and not volunteer. I have of course just agreed to chair a really onerous committee for the next two years, so I am not qualified to speak on this matter … More Next Year Starts Now
