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Ordinary Times Bookclub: Jacob’s Room
“His slippers were incredibly shabby, like boats burnt to the water’s rim.”
Announcing A New Book Club! Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf!
Join the Jacob’s Room book club. Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf anyways?
Your Solutions to Inequality are Laughably Inadequate
[At our sub-blog, my co-blogger Vikram Bath made a post this morning that I think deserves some love from the front page. Below is a lead-in as a teaser and the link to the full...
The Best Video Game Ever: “Civilization IV”
By Don Zeko Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on the Best Video Games Ever. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, please click here. Before I...
Waiting for Halabja
~by Creon Critic What exactly is the delay in formulating a comprehensive strategy to transition the Assad regime out of power in Syria? However reluctant President Obama is to get further involved in another...
Why People Go To Law School – Or At Least Why I Did
by New Dealer Guest Author Brian John Spencer posted an essay today wondering why people still continue to apply for law school even though the legal market exploded in 2008 and has not really...
Why Does Everyone Want to Go to Law School?
by Brian John Spencer For some reason people in America and the UK people have come to regard Law School as some sort of panacea. The pinnacle of academic learning and the route to...
The Mixed Message Economy
by New Dealer I often see two contradictory messages in the media about what is ailing our economy and why we have a so-so recovery even in the age of record making corporate profits....
Value, Utility, and Justification
by Stillwater In a recent post which is now unfortunately closed (“Something, Something … Petard”), James Hanley and I (and Shazbot!) engaged in a friendly dispute ostensibly about the meaning of the word “value”...
Being in the world
by zic This a story for Kyle. It’s a true story, meaning it really happened. But it is also story, for it’s my honest recall of what happened; and I know more than most,...
Ukip, the British Tea Party that’s Reshaping British Politics
by Brian John Spencer For Americans to understand British politics as it is practiced today, they need to understand Ukip. Why? Because the Eurosceptic, catch-all protest party is driving the agenda and forcing British...
Judging FIRST
by Mad Rocket Scientist During the last weekend in March, I was able to once again participate as Judge in the Seattle Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. This was my second year doing so, and...
Barack Obama – a Natural British Conservative
by Brian John Spencer Margaret Thatcher is revered by the Republican Party. However, with the passing of the Iron Lady has come a stark realisation: just how far apart the two conservative traditions on...
Friday Jukebox: Matt the Electrician’s “College”
by Maribou Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all...
Games, Engagement and The Game Taint in Online Education
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the...
The Liberal Arts and Humanities, Law School, and Careers for the Somewhat Unpractical Student
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the...
Ten College Admission Myths
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the...
What Is The Future Of The Disciplinary Expert In The Academy?
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the...
The Crow Road
by zic It seems like he’s always been with me, always a part of my life. But it’s not true. I recall that first day we met, I was in a now-defunct book store,...