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Well, that’s supremely embarrassing…
I thought I was so clever to have transferred files from my laptop to a mobile device for travel to a symposium (special education, comparative). Travel light, I thought! But my brain had been the only light thing around, evidently, because I transferred everything except the document with the hotel name and address! This is […]
State House Speaker to step down!
From a news report filed at 6 pm today, the House Speaker… … said in an interview this afternoon that he will resign from the Legislature on Tuesday, saying he is proud of his record and is leaving with his ”head high”… … has endured public scrutiny because of influence-peddling allegations involving close his friends […]
New semester resolutions
My spouse fervently hopes that Barack Obama keeps “that new president smell” for the entire year (her words, not mine), and given the deep recession we’re in, I agree. (I hear that if your representative or senator is starting to smell moldy, you can buy “new politician” air fresheners at the Capitol Hill Visitors Center.) […]
Sansom watch, December 27 edition
Recent items in the news on Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom and his position at Northwest Florida State College: Yesterday, the Lakeland Ledger published Sansom’s handsome pension, which calculated how much his state pension would rise from his new position at NWFSC Vice President if he stayed at least 5 years: $4,236 more a month […]
The good, the bad, and the supremely weird
By Sherman Dorn on January 27, 2009
The good DeanDad shows that he understands higher-ed history far better than Stanley Fish. Eduwonkette has a new gig (sociology at New York University). Barack Obama has been president for a little less than a week, and he’s already fulfilled a bunch of campaign promises. (Well, it’s good from my perspective.) Paul Krugman’s been tearing […]
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