Not of General Interest

As you've probably seen, the writer David McCullough has died at age 89 . I mentioned his sonorous tones in Ken Burns's The Civil W...

 I've been fascinated recently with this article about a writer on the show Grey's Anatomy, who (necessary disclaimer--"alleged...

 As new academics, we're taught (or do we just internalize?) the need to make things right. Or maybe this: as women who are new academic...

 First, here's the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/opinion/college-university-remote-pandemic.html .   The TL;dr on this is ...

 First of all, I do love teaching.  Second, I believe in flexibility, and my syllabus has all kinds of alternative assignments, escape claus...

Like a good portion of the rest of the country, Northern Clime is getting snow. In April. Every day. Snow. What is it Bill Murray says? &quo...

   COVID, now with new and improved Omicron 2.0, is still flourishing here and elsewhere. British Airways had their flight crews take off ma...