Pay The Man
I say that I don’t teach for the money. I say that I do it to watch the light bulbs turn on and for the pleasure of working with bright students and teaching them about the world. Well, now I… Continue Reading
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Lawyers In High Office
Something I read in this post made me wonder – could that really be true? Prof. Kalt writes: Republicans tend to put non-lawyers on their tickets: going back to 1984, seven of their nine candidates were not lawyers; only Dole… Continue Reading
Edwards AFB
I’ve been teaching a class out at Edwards Air Force Base, which is about 45 minutes away. Those are some long minutes of driving. Granted, the twice-as-long drive to Stinking Bakersfield sucks too, but the drive out to the base,… Continue Reading
The Difference, Explained
A friend from Tennessee asked in an online forum: If someone could articulate the distinction between the two parties, I would love to know. It would be lovely to have a major party that I could believe in. Also, it… Continue Reading
Bummer Of A Test
I have a class with 20 students. 18 of them showed up for the midterm tonight. 1 of them is making up the midterm in a few days. I don’t know where the last one is. It’s an objective test,… Continue Reading
88% of DC 8th Graders Can’t Read
Or so says the headline on CNN. Which is bullshit. Watch the video, and you’ll see that the Chancellor of the DC public school system says that only 12% of students in the 8th grade read at a standardized 8th… Continue Reading
Mo Better Science
It’s not a big secret that science and math education in the United States is, at best, struggling to compete with that being done in the rest of the industrialized world. American special effects impresario-turned basic cable TV show host… Continue Reading
Why We Should Teach Evolution
Because without understanding how it works, we could die. From disease, from starvation, or from stupidity. Read the whole op-ed here. Then (and only then — if you won’t RTFA, your opinion doesn’t count) feel free to debate, disagree, and… Continue Reading
Apparently I Am Not A Terrorist
All you Loyal Readers out there will be pleased to learn that according to the civilian security guards protecting Edwards Air Force Base, the testing grounds of America’s most advanced fighter/interceptor and high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, that your husband is… Continue Reading
Two Year J.D. Program — It’s About Time
Northwestern University School of Law has three very good ideas here. The first is reducing law school to a two-year, rather than a three-year degree. Three years is too long and too expensive for what law school teaches (although I… Continue Reading