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Friday tidbits
The Daily Howler notes that the New York Times printed the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report claiming that there had been 400+% increase in tuition over 25 years… and then claimed that the figure had been adjusted for inflation. Right. Chalk up another great journalistic victory for the Times, which apparently […]
Why I avoid grading at 11 pm on Friday
Sent to a student a few minutes ago: One way to think about the conflicting-interpretations question is to think about UNDERLYING issues. You may have covered this in the overview of the case, if you said something like, “In the McCormick v. Smith case, most of the opinions focused on the core issue, which was […]
The beauty of the fundamental theorem of calculus
Michael Bérubé is back with Arbitrary but Fun Friday, and other bloggers have Friday entries on fish, movies, fun, … so what the heck am I supposed to do? I got the staid bearded portrait up there in the corner of the blog. It’s staring at me right now, daring me to be frivolous. Or […]