I've been quiet here lately. March is generally my busiest month academically, in April I had several commitments in the United States, and when I returned to England at the end of April, I had the end of the year grading crunch (which I finished...
Author: Dave Brockington
Born in San Jose, grew up in Seattle, received a Ph.D. in poli sci from University of Washington in 2000. I worked for three years at Universiteit Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, and have worked at the University of Plymouth for 16 academic years now in Plymouth, United Kingdom. I also currently serve as joint campaign coordinator for the Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Constituency Labour Party.
A friend posted this to my fb page earlier today. The story has been going around for a week or two, some survey somewhere indicates that American airports suck. Some.
March is typically my busiest month, as I always have papers to furiously finish at the last minute for one, often two conferences in the US. This year is no.
In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, Lisa Wade discussed some data which contrasted justifiable homicide rates in stand-your-ground states to those without. Not terribly shocking, "In SYG states, 13.6% of homicides were ruled justifiable; in non-SYG states, only 7.2% were deemed such." With the...
The Chronicle discusses a new report: "Labor Intensive or Labor Expensive: Changing Staffing and Compensation Patterns in Higher Education", detailing the rise of professional administrative positions in American higher education..
Today, I play amateur historian. I'm not a pro, of course, though I did double major as an undergrad (history & pol sci). In this respect, I have a greater.
What the hell is it with Florida this month? This has been going around the past few days and I'm sure a not small number of LGM readers have seen a version of it. Long story short, the principal of Lakeland Senior High School in...
As I've written about, universities in the UK have offered us a 1% pay increase, which they implemented in December, backdating to August. My union went on strike twice last.
Florida House candidate Joshua Black calls for hanging of President Obama. That's not hyperbole, that's the headline from an article in yesterday's Tampa Bay Times. The pearls of wisdom include.
A couple days ago, a UKIP local councillor in cosmopolitan Henley-on-Thames, David Silvester, wrote to his local paper arguing that God is punishing Britain through a series of storms in late December and early January because of the Government's policy of allowing same sex marriage: 'The scriptures...
I basically grew up in Seattle. However, I was born in the Bay Area, and didn't move to Washington State until half way through the third grade. My original NFL.
Now that I've returned alive (*) from my three-week multiple city jaunt through the United States, and emerged from a jet lag induced haze, I was planning on writing about something.