No one admires you when you’re sick and show how dedicated you are to your work by showing up at the office and working through your illness. Their reaction is always, “Dude! I don’t want what you’ve got. Go home!”… Continue Reading
Of the population of voters who would even consider voting for Ralph Nader, exactly zero would divert their votes from McCain. Nader and his colossal ego will do nothing but drain Obama’s base. The only question is whether Nader’s impact… Continue Reading
Why don’t conservative college students get Ph.D.’s? Um… because they’d rather get private-sector jobs?
Someone must have really pissed off wine afficionado Stephen Bainbridge about this ought-to-have-been-obvious point that so often gets dressed up in political rhetoric and trotted out to whore for votes. Money quote (for me, at least): “…the notion that judges… Continue Reading
Seems that a lot of Democratic superdelegates who proclaimed for Hillary Clinton early are having second thoughts and may well renege on their commitment, despite whatever favors they may owe the Clinton machine. Faced with a Democratic party tearing itself… Continue Reading
You know when you’re on a bad blind date. But you may not know how bad it can be. That’s when you need to rely on other people to help you out. If you don’t have a friend nearby, you’d… Continue Reading
1. The scores from last night’s competition were published. My kids lost — 49%-51% out of 100 possible points between the two teams. (Another set of teams tied, 50-50.) This very narrow margin of loss suggests rather strongly to me… Continue Reading
Why did all my professors schedule exams and papers to be due the first day after spring break? Now that I teach every once in a while, I need to take inspiration from the professional academics.
And in the meantime, there’s what promises to be a thoughtful and insightful interview about how the legal and political issues that underlie the series. I’ll be watching on streaming internet vision.
I didn’t enjoy reading this. But if that guy made it through the procedure, so can I. I’m scheduled for two weeks from yesterday. I’ll get through it, though, and now I know that I need to shave. Hat tip:… Continue Reading