My exchange student has now arrived in Figeac and we do not understand how Maringouin competes with such a town. She missed graduation. I rode to it on my bicycle, in full regalia and grey suede boots. The students have new robes and are “very beautiful” in them, as my exchange student would say. She … More Edna Anna Schroeder
It is privatized and this makes care much less accessible but people are being told this is Obama’s fault and not Jindal’s. Axé.
Troubling signs that the PRI’s repressive ways could return to the national stage were on display in the violence that took place on December 1 in the streets of Mexico City, as Peña Nieto was being inaugurated. Dozens of protesters were brutally beaten by the police, and some were severely wounded. Meanwhile, small groups of … More Adventures of EPN
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Person: This is like being in Mexico in the 1820s. Z (laughs): Perhaps it is really about 1830 (if this is Mexico). There has been a post-Independence civil struggle. Only the winning leaders were not killed. Of the peons and civilians, I am the only one left standing, although I am wounded. All the other … More A dialogue, and one fact
I have to go, I am late, but these are the things I want to discuss: – Astrology for academic job seekers. I am not joking. Location matters a great deal, for instance, although not in the ways people claim. There is a great deal else you can learn from your chart about what to … More Being and Place
We have established that many put teaching far ahead of research and/or life far ahead of work, but others want to be virtuosos and put that first, naturally. I am in this group and I thought ours was the standard attitude. But it is not necessarily. Locally, we struggle for tenure or promotion while others … More Now I understand everything.
The meaning of it is that a majority of the country is more rational than not and also does not want to take on a truly nasty tone. This is why it is important that Obama won. If, as I do, you live in a state where people are willing to say directly, they will … More The meaning of the election
Vote in the morning. VOTE! Vote Democratic down the line. People in states that do not send out voter information packets, make sure you know what the ballot looks like and what else is being voted upon, besides candidates for public office. The Louisiana Secretary of State does not have a sample ballot for my … More VOTE
It is his birthday, y’all! Axé.
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