Political science/political philosophy and education policy
I was going to spend some time last night connecting my weekend entry on hubris to the debate over whether a preponderance-of-evidence standard is right for policy, when I discovered that the macrotheoretical gap had already been filled by Leo Casey’s point about seeing like a state, not like an educator. I’m expecting two quick-tongued […]
The ethics of expert mumbling
I started this entry a few days ago, when I wrote, “I probably should be doing something else,” and obviously I did. But now that I’m back for a few minutes, I want to think aloud (or in text) about policy hubris. I’ve been batting a book idea back and forth recently, based on the […]
Now I’m in trouble as a blogger…
The first time someone else treated me as if I were not only an expert but the expert on any topic, I wanted to look around the room to find some ballast. I think I do good work, but gravitas is a bit too solemn for me. Now Alexander Russo is calling me one of […]
Sterility or psychodrama vs. untimed engagement or intellectual drama
Margaret Soltan is not a Luddite—far from it, she has used her University Diaries blog to become one of American academic letters’ premier public intellectuals. But as an observer of college life, she has a well-reasoned hatred of what she calls technolust. She regularly links to stories about students who abuse cell phones and laptops […]
Small irritations when reading blogs
By Sherman Dorn on May 19, 2008
Not aimed at any specific blog, and if you think this is about you, you’re probably wrong, but if the following discourages you from any of these practices, … If you invite comments, why are you asking people to register using a system that doesn’t work? “This” is obscure text for a link, makes it […]
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