We don’t often think of professors as the most proletarianized of workforces; professors don’t usually think of themselves this way. But professors have been on the defensive against college and university administration for years and it is getting worse and the anti-union fanatics grow stronger. The administration at Bowling Green State University in Ohio went […]
Month: September 2011
Via Tom Ricks, Joyce Goldberg has an interesting article at the Chronicle of Higher Education on the teaching of military history in the War on Terror: What these students needed was personal catharsi
This is a thing: While publicly pressuring Israel to make deeper concessions to the Palestinians, President Obama has secretly authorized significant new aid to the Israeli military that includes the
Dennis G. Jacobs. If he was a younger man I would expect him to be the first Supreme Court nominee of a Mittens administration.
I’ve learned not to be surprised by people who believe that judicial opinions create a unique backlash, but I find the idea that the country was much more ready for Brown than for Roe particular
I think Dahlia Lithwick is a better Canadian than I am, at least to the extent that optimism might count as a Canadian trait. She thinks the execution of Troy Davis despite substantial doubts about hi
Yes, Santorum is dumber than a bag of lube and fecal matter. There’s also this: I — I would say, any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military. And the fact that they’re making a point to include it as a provision within the military that we are going to recognize […]
Your Republican Party, ladies and gentlemen. In a general comment, I would like to note that the world cloud/gchat bell thing was the WORST. THING. EVER. In a specific comment, I assume Perry to
Now this is fascinating. Jeffrey Lewis discusses a startling claim by AQ Khan: Simon Henderson and I disagreed on an issue related to the broader question of whether North Korean officials really show
Kentucky has a very impressive set of politicians for its size. Like most southern states, it’s probably overperformed over the years, particularly as compared to many northern states. 1. Henry Clay. One of the towering politicians of pre-Civil War America. Secretary of State. Leading Whig. Believer in the power of government to improve people’s lives. […]
Today’s discussion reminds me of what is actually the biggest howler in Scalia’s infamous Herrera concurrence: I nonetheless join the entirety of the Court’s opinion,including the fi
I have a piece about the execution of Troy Davis which echoes a lot of the points in Paul’s superb post below. The really frightening thing about the case is that while it’s absurd to thin