One of the great administrative changes that has taken place is that in my main department, my subgroup is no longer required to come to concensus on each thing any individual wants to do before the faculty at large and the chair will consider approving it. For years this had been the bottleneck, designed to … More Señoritos
Here are hilarious clips from the Republican presidential debate, courtesy of Hattie. They did not let Republican candidate Buddy Roemer into this debate. And Roemer, as it turns out, helped to occupy Wall Street. Axé.
Now we have accomplished even more this semester. It is truly beyond belief. Axé.
Paul Krugman says the technocrats who dreamed up the Euro are not pragmatists but “boring, cruel Romantics” — Sad to say, things did not work out as promised. But rather than adjusting to reality, those supposed technocrats just doubled down — insisting, for example, that Greece could avoid default through savage austerity, when anyone who … More Krugman: “Boring Cruel Romantics”
We have accomplished so much this semester I can hardly believe it. Axé.
Commentary from zunguzungu. UCD faculty association calls for chancellor’s resignation. Axé.
A Mexican professor of U.S. labor history is on a hunger strike to bring attention to inequality in Mexico. The Mexican minimum wage is $.40 per hour. He discusses Occupy as an educational movement. “Ser cultos para ser libres.” Axé.
There are elections tomorrow and I am not voting, because I am leaving this afternoon and I will not be back until Sunday. Were I not so overloaded with work I would have remembered to vote early, and were I not so used from birth to Tuesday elections I would remember more easily that we … More On Not Voting
This is another of my not exactly true, composite stories, which meld various stories to make a point. My size is 8. I can be size 6, 4, 2, but it takes work and at some point long ago I realized it would be far more practical to simply remain at 8. There is someone … More On weight. On pregnancy. On what we worked for. Sobre la juventud actual
After class I went to the library to put things on reserve. Walking fast for exercise in 50F weather – “cold” for here – I passed a woman near my age who was also on her way to the library but who was walking more slowly, talking on her cell phone. “That is excellent,” she … More La vida real
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