Several months back, my friend Jonathan Sterne wrote an especially insightful post about social class and academia. One of the few American professors gifted enough to pass through Canada's protectionist employment barriers, Jonathan teaches communication studies at McGill, where he recently had the opportunity to eat...
The FBI files on the late Chief Justice contain some interesting information. For example, on his pooling booth goonery and his confirmation hearings with bonus John Bolton material:In July 1986,.
More school makes you live longer. Instead, Dr. Smith and others say, what may make the biggest difference is keeping young people in school. A few extra years of school.
I'm very late in wading into the Jim Crow/federalism debate, but a couple of points I haven't seen anyone else make yet:Volokh is right that the "federalism permitted Jim Crow, and hence it's bad" argument is fallacious. Just as no constitutional theory can consistently prevent normatively...
Personal to Michael Ledeen: if you're going to defend an appallingly executed execution using a movie, couldn't you at least use a watchable one?
Wow, Notre Dame abjectly (and gloriously) humiliated in a bowl game it had no business being in--what are the odds?
Why is Women's E-news publishing this crap?Many other posts on the subject; Shakes has a comprehensive roundup.
Good article about middle school/junior high in the New York Times. I've never taught 7th graders, but my general recollections of being a middle school student seem to accord pretty.
Via Ezra, I see that Paul Campos' terrific article (which I've tried to link to before) has been taken out from behind the subscriber wall by TNR in time for New Year's Resolution time. As he argues, if you're interested in health, make a resolution to...
Shorter Treason-Wankee: "I have wasted a shitload of time."I truly fail to understand Right Blogistan's obsession with Jamil Hussein, but I suppose if it can be proven for certain that.
In case you're in the mood for more, I have a post at TAPPED on the subject. Longtime readers will particularly enjoy the fact that Plano, which last year Kaus.