Not of General Interest

It is Mark Twain's birthday--happy birthday, Mark!--and I am reading, or rather listening to, Ron Powers's biography of Twain as I d...

Whether you recognize my subtitle from Gilligan’s Island or from Weird Al’s “Amish Paradise,” you’re still getting the gist of it: teaching ...

 First, the stuff you know: the news has been terrible and keeps getting worse. I thought we were a nation of laws and, you know, checks and...

 So, amid all this stuff (cutbacks and much, much worse), are you ready for another year?  I think I am, despite what I'm hearing and se...

  Hear me out. I promise you that this is written by a real person, and possibly a Cassandra. Exhibit A : A long time ago, I had Feelings ab...

  It's (mostly) summer, and I hope your writing is going well.  (I hope that that does not sound too much like the ubiquitous email ...

  How's everyone doing? The Economist cover says it all, really. Teaching. This semester is all done & in the books, except for grad...