One of the things I teach here at Plymouth is a MA seminar on methodology and research design (for the MA in International Relations, but that's another story). I'm in my tenth year on it, and have always enjoyed it, because I'm a bit of...
Dave Brockington
This has been making the rounds and is worth a read: How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang? It's a slightly different take on the "academia as a dual labor market".
The Guardian ran this a couple of days ago, written by an academic who finally grew frustrated enough to pack it in. The takeaway: Universities in the 21st century no.
I'm a little late to this wrap up, but both professional and personal obligations have occupied a great deal of my time over the past few weeks. The decks are mostly cleared now, so let's talk soccer. The lineup for Brazil 2014 is set, and...
Apparently, this past summer an "original documentary" aired somewhere in the depths of cable pushing a TWA 800 conspiracy, and this article critiques this "three missile theory". Conspiracy theories, by.
Last week I had a seven day early morning run on BBC Radio Devon. It turns out that the Monday through Friday spots are archived (but not the weekend spots).
In March, I posted "The Commericalization of Academia: A Case Study" to LGM. This past weekend, Rob drew my attention to this review essay by Christopher Newfield published in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The subject of the review is The Great University Gamble: Money,...
Elliott Smith. Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of his death, and to mark the occasion, SPIN released an article originally published in December 2004 marking the last few years of.
Even though I'm a bit addled from waking each morning around 0400 to do the daily radio spots this week, I'm not addled enough to dramatically shift my viewpoint on.
Like many people, I'm struggling to find evidence of rationality in the suicide caucus strategy and end game here. I get that they're willing to destroy tacit norms of legislative behavior, and even ignore normative assumptions about the meaning of elections and the legislative process...
So states Arsenal's Jack Wilshere in his sober reflection on who ought to qualify for the English national soccer football team. I should ask him if ten years counts for.
for Erik's new "stupid and insensitive" Republican of the day competition. I've got to go with a thoroughbred here. Old school. A real pro. A player with veteran moxie, plays.