E. John Savoie, the state commissioner for higher education, has an excellent editorial in the Times-Picayune against HB 199, which would allow concealed weapons to be carried on university campuses. Read it, make its contents known, and mine it for talking points when you convince your friends to write their representatives, as you already have, … More The Reconstruction Party
You cannot tell from this blog, but I am culturally undernourished and I lack exercise. This is a Wandering Post because this weekend, I have been strolling. As it is the weekend, I am also singing. I sing that T. and I are about to go eat rico menudo in the real barrio, and that … More La felicidad ja, ja, ja, ja: On Walking While White
¡Es posible! My youngest brother – on the left, in the striped shirt and the glasses – and some friends from here went to San Francisco! Here they are in the airport. I always try to teach my students that it is possible to do things. I was tagged for this teaching meme by Lumpenprofessoriat … More Meme: Passion Quilt
I had been meaning to post about HB 199. Then this e-mail was forwarded to me, so am posting a version of it. A colleague comments that student opposition to this bill is very strong, and that this point may help convince legislators to oppose the measure. House Bill 199 of the current legislative session … More Louisiana HB 199
THEN: Person: You are the tenured person and the one with the grownup house, so you should host the department party. PZ: How novel and interesting to be in this position. Out of exoticism I will definitely host this party. Besides, it is now my duty to do so. NOW: Person: You are the tenured … More On Collegiality and Service
I am busy today so I am posting one of my old drafts. It does not correspond to today’s events factually, but it does so metaphorically very well. Even the comments I am now writing fictionalize the situation, although they do convey its gestalt. My feelings today are not primarily anger but frustration, nervousness, and … More Anger I Sing
CINCO DE MAYO Today all members of Greater Mexico celebrate the Battle of Puebla. I am celebrating with a son huasteco. You should really follow that link – it goes to a really classic performance which cannot be embedded elsewhere. Here is a good live performance of the petenera, with the audience dancing. And there … More Amores criollos
This is a post I know the Paper Chaser will appreciate. Job candidates, wear your jackets, and ties if applicable, no matter what anyone says! Last year one of ours did not and it was because the instructors and graduate students had told him at the arrival from airport party that it was not necessary. They said … More Why Job Candidates Should Wear Jackets
I This, believe it or not, is the best and most accurate of all online psychological tests. And our featured post for today is Jeremiah Wright for President, by Heart. Wright is in terrible trouble, as we know, because he is not in denial about what this country is doing. He has been asked to … More The Color Quiz
“Para empezar a cantar / pido permiso primero.” –Corrido de Benjamín Argumedo It is the weekend, and I am singing the Internationale but more importantly, a set of corridos to increase my levels of machismo and mexicanidad. Now that we are to be armed at the university, I may just have to put on my … More Oigan mi nuevo corrido
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