In Medias Res

In more ways than one. Yesterday, I received an e-mail from an old college roommate, someone I haven't seen or spoken to in fifteen or s...

I haven't done a bleg in ages; I hope this one works as well as the last one did . This summer I'll be conducting a teachers works...

This actually isn't my favorite tune off of They Might Be Giant's 1990 album Flood , which actually isn't my favorite TMBG's...

Ok , I've no more meetings to rant about. But I've got one more thing to say about Professor X's article , and about class and a...

Melissa is becoming a bit of a proselyter . She's never been a particularly ideological person, in any way, which is generally a good th...

So, getting back to my meetings from last week ... The second day, Tuesday, was taken up with reviews of how the state expects those of us r...

I wasn't a Talking Heads fan back when they were still together and making music; in fact, the only recordings of their's I own are ...

I've spent the past three days in meetings. I got three free lunches out of it, and did learn several good things, but a lot of it consi...

As I said just yesterday , the academic summer has begun for me. Summer classes and workshops loom in June and July, plus various committee ...

There's a great deal that could be said about, and argued with, regarding the points made in Ross Douthat's short post on the Repub...