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Wild and woolly week
Moammar Gaddafi and Steve Jobs overthrown, earthquake on the East Coast, hurricane barreling towards Cape May, and the Rays finally beat the Tigers for the first time this year. Amazing! Early this evening, my daughter and I board a plane heading in the general direction of her college… and where Hurricane Irene is headed. The […]
The Rapture and bureaucracy
It had to happen this year, and I guess it’s inevitable I spotted this in my second week as department chair. Earlier this week I was forwarded a spreadsheet with a number of sections in the college (including in my department) where the classes database did not list classrooms or days of instruction. And then […]
I have a bad feeling about the economy
Not to go all Star Wars on you, (()) but the combination of the GDP revision downward for Q1 and the debt-ceiling mess is putting a real damper on my Friday. Our economy is stagnant, politicians are engaging in the contraction-is-expansion fantasy, and the consequences for the next decade are unpleasant. For the next year, […]
The Uncertainty Research Building directory
This is probably an indication of some sad psychological condition, but I left the THATCamp bar get-together early tonight because I'm behind on grading for my summer course, and two doctoral students deserve some time as well for some finishing-up details. But the same building that houses the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New […]
The dilemma of the Mets fan
Brief and relatively inconsequential news of the month: two of my region's pro teams are shocking the sports world. Jaw drop, giant: after letting almost every high-profile player go to free agency and then starting the season with an eight-game losing streak, plus having their star player Evan Longoria on the disabled-list for a few […]