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Why is a college education like a tulip bulb?
Dean Dad has one plausible response to the latest installation of the “college is the next asset bubble to burst” argument, and every time I come across it I grind my teeth, think of ravens and writing desks, and go on. At least Glenn Reynolds is neither an economist nor an historian, or I’d accuse […]
Questions while procrastinating while grading
The Friday-at-the-end-of-finals-week edition… Did President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech as a wartime president demonstrate that irony is not dead, or what? Is the last question rhetorical, or what? Is Hannukah a holiday that celebrates energy efficiency, oil wars, or insurgencies? Why do no schools have a food as a mascot (e.g., the Souffles)? (My […]
Florida Student Group Fights for Zombie Rights
Tallahassee, Florida (Dissociated Press) — At an early-morning press conference in the state capital, five zombies attending Florida state universities announced the formation of the new organization Florida Upbeat Zephyr Zombies (FUZZ) to fight for zombie rights. “There are organizations that fight for the rights of students to be free from discrimination on all sorts […]
Outside cultural studies classes, “Love Boat” != instructional material
Apparently a University of Wisconsin-Madison business professor used state funds to purchase DVDs of various television series, including Love Boat, Family Ties, and Get Smart. (Hat tip.) The explanation was that he would use clips “to illustrate aspects of business and management.” Reality check: I use cartoons in lectures. I also buy the materials I […]
And now, a break from the normal type of entry on this blog
Wow (backup for citation, since the Nobel’s servers are slammed right now). In the perennial struggle to decide whether the Nobel Peace Prize should be a Courage Award or a Behavioral Reinforcement for Moving in the Right Direction, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee used the 2009 award for the latter. I think the prize committee […]