Category Archives: Opinion

Two hot new advice posts over at http://urbanhonking.com/advice/. One is by a guest writer! Fun! Well, the school year has begun. My classes are fun, filled with smartypantses, just like last year. So many smartypantses at this school! I’m being … Continue reading →

I’m in my new office. This time it has a window! Still an office mate, too, but the window is pretty sweet. I am about to have an all-day meeting. Meetings! I wish faculty still ran the universities. I think … Continue reading →

Susan Sontag wrote that we live in an age of extremity, characterized by “the continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror.” She was clearly describing the academic’s life. Joke! She was describing … Continue reading →