I hate grading papers. It’s very time-consuming, it’s tedious, and it drains my hopes for the ability of college students to properly function in the real world after they demonstrate substantial deficits in critical thinking skills. In turn, my students… Continue Reading
It snowed Friday night in the hills. In our neck of the woods, the snow came down to about 100 feet above us, and continues to linger even now, three days later, and will almost certainly still be there tomorrow.… Continue Reading
At least part of the pitch to the right wing becomes clear — Rudy cut taxes when he was mayor; he cleaned up crime; and most powerful of all the arguments, he can beat Hilary Clinton. Of course, as of… Continue Reading
Yes, it is still possible for this to happen. Here’s how it would work: Green Bay, of course, must defeat Minnesota and Chicago (which is not so far-fetched; Chicago already has locked up homefield advantage so they may as well… Continue Reading
Politically, we have little reason for hope at home — but abroad, at least, the proponents of hate, fascism, and rolling back the Enlightenment have suffered a moderate setback.
Yesterday, The Wife and I bought treats and toys for our pets. The cats got a “crunchy tunnel,” a five-foot long cloth tube with a cat-access hole in the middle, a ball dangling on a string inside, and some crunchy… Continue Reading
Thursday Night Football has been nothing but bad. It has to come to an end. I can’t watch the games because they’re all on NFL Network, which Time Warner Cable does not carry and which comes with a heftier price… Continue Reading
Interpreting a provision of the Constitution so that it means what it says. Why is this such a refreshing new insight on the part of the academy? Not to knock Prof. Barnett, of course — somebody had to say this.… Continue Reading
The New York Times reports that Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota just had a stroke. He is a Democrat, up for re-election in 2008. That means that if he is unable to continue serving, South Dakota’s Governor, a Republican… Continue Reading