THIS RETIRED PROF DOES NOT THINK SO……
RECENTLY I RECEIVED A QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE QUEEN’S GAZETTE: “HOW ARE WE DOING?” IT INQUIRED. NOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO PAY ATTENTION TO SUCH MATTERS KNOW THAT THESE ARE PROFORMA ACTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE NEW (SMALL) CORPORATE EMPIRE THAT STILL POSES AS A UNIVERSITY. […]
YESTERDAY, A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN HAPPINESS…..
Just Hours Away …a note from Michael Moore
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Friends,
This happy, happy day!
We have made it through the Dark Ages and here we are, in one of the most redemptive moments history has ever witnessed. Barack Obama is our best hope to get it right, to heal […]
I AM REALLY VERY TIRED WATCHING ADENOIDAL PRAYING MATISES RUNNING AROUND A COURT THAT IS ABOUT TEN SIZES TOO SMALL. THE PHENOMENON IS A NEW VERSION OF PLANTATION SLAVERY. BLACK KIDS PLAY, WHITE KIDS JUMP UP AND DOWN IN THE STANDS. ATROCIOUS!
Ivory tower of love
Sex at academic conferences was the open secret of the professorial class — at least until it made the agenda at an academic conference
Sarah Treleaven, National Post
Published: Friday, January 09, 2009
Sex at academic conferences was the open secret of the professorial class — at least until it made the agenda at […]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BEST ASSESSMENT YET OF THE WORKINGS OF THE “RECESSION”…….
January 4, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
The End of the Financial World as We Know It
By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on […]
TRY THIS AMERICAN IDEA — ABERDEEN ST COULD BECOME PART OF THE OLD WEST!! IF IT ALREADY ISN’T…….
Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons
By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. Posted December 9, 2008.
The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 states this […]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, A STUDY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO DISSENTERS: NB, THE U.S. HAS USED THIS TACTIC IN ITS SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICULARLY THE CONSENSUS HISTORIANS OF THE 1940S-1960S…..
THINK ABOUT IT…..
December 9, 2008
Complainers in China Hospitalized
By ANDREW JACOBS
BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers […]