…if I like Billy Squier more than I like Bright Eyes?
am i a bad person…
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catch ya later
Hey, y’all, I’m crazy busy right now. In fact, I’m about to leave for a conference in another state. Granted, the state is just a few miles away, and it’s an undergraduate conference, but you get my drift. I know I owe you an email (yes, you…and you…and you, too). Please be patient. My mental health thanks you.
krugman on liberal bias in academia
In a comment to this entry, Limadean points to this editorial by Paul Krugman: “An Academic Question.”
Surprisingly, not many bloggers have linked to this piece.
You wanna know why conservatives think there’s a problem in academia and liberals don’t? Here’s a theory:
- When liberal students’ ideas are challenged by their professors, they respond like this: Hmm. I hadn’t thought of that. Interesting.
- When conservative students’ ideas are challenged by their professors, they respond like this: Waaaah!
I kid! I kid!
recent acquisitions
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Jacques Derrida Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression |
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Catherine Gallagher & Stephen Greenblatt Practicing New Historicism |
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David Hempton Methodism: Empire of the Spirit |
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Adam Nicholson God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible |
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Max Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism |
i knew this would happen
Morons. Remember folks, nothing you do is important unless you can keep someone else from doing it. You remember that rule from when you were a toddler and some other toddler wanted to play with a toy you were no longer interested in, right?
Oh, wait. I’m supposed to be respectful of this “moral values” crowd, aren’t I? Let’s see. Respectful…respectful…
Well, I certainly loved their work on evolution, and I look forward to the return of laws against miscegenation. And those meth labs? Love ’em!
Today’s musical accompaniment. (MP3, 7.2MB)