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 […]
1200-baud modems as a metaphor for a hotel
My hotel room is nice, a comfortable place in which to work. I just wish that the internet connection here had any speed but interminable. For the record: if you are waiting for something from me that requires I do something online (journal, database stuff, etc.), you will probably be waiting until early next week. […]
Conference Season: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Last weekend was the Florida Education Association Delegate Assembly. Tomorrow starts the Social Science History Association annual meeting. Two weeks from tomorrow? History of Education Society meeting. The Good They’re all in Florida; FEA DA was downtown Tampa, and HES will be downtown St Pete. (SSHA is in Miami.) I finished the papers for SSHA […]
Palin is more typical than you think
Robin Abcarian’s L.A. Times story yesterday about Sarah Palin’s college career tries to establish a contrast with the three other major-party nominees: Sen. John McCain is remembered as a passionate contrarian… Sen. Barack Obama… is remembered as a daunting scholar and calming influence. Sen. Joe Biden… is remembered fondly by professors who found him charming. […]
NEWS FLASH: Limbaugh eats other foot
By Sherman Dorn on October 21, 2008
Rush Limbaugh, in an e-mail to Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen October 19, 2008: Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race. OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed. I’ll let you know what I come […]
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