Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
We are part of a state university system that has many campuses.  Different campuses have different focuses and characteristics, and even on a given campus, different departments have different focuses with regard to the undergrad/grad and teaching/research balance.  There are certain policies and documents that are binding on all campuses and departments, but those [...]

I think Mrs. O is going to be sad that I wasn’t one of the ten finalists. But Ezra Klein’s commenters will declare victory!
Via the Juice!

By Thoreau
I only read Jennifer’s blogging for the articles, and this one is a particularly good example of Jennifer’s take-no-prisoners style:  Why stripping to pay for college was her choice and a damn good one in her opinion.

By Thoreau
The rumors here are dark.  The problem is that they aren’t dark enough.  What they’re proposing as a fix for the university budget simply doesn’t include enough cuts to bridge the gap.  Now, while I don’t expect university administrators to have the most sensible plans, I do know that even they cannot circumvent the [...]

Picture by Mrs. Offering. This is not the ultimate Zach ear-picture. Perhaps one day. Kate’s Flying-Nun ears are cute, but her only real ear-trick. Zach can make his touch above his head. When he does he looks sort of like Man-Bat.
I’m not sure of the exact context but the postures suggest that Kate has [...]

Well, not exactly. But you can hear Generation Veal rattling their crates in righteous agreement.

Sexist Beatdown asks why the authors of Superfreakonomics don’t – well, go find out.
Via Rad Geek.

By Thoreau
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort in Afghanistan
With more than 80 percent of the country currently under Taliban control, Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued that U.S. nation-dismantling efforts are actually proceeding ahead of schedule.
Except they forgot to mention our cash payments to the drug-smuggling brother of the Mayor of Kabul.  IMHO, giving cash to somebody who [...]

By Thoreau
This resignation letter from a US diplomat in Afghanistan says it better than I can.  Afghanistan has been a mess for a long time, and no amount of bullets and bombs from foreigners can change that.  Surely a Nobel laureate in Peace must have at least enough good sense to recognize the same truth [...]

Going by victory percentage, who is the Redskins’ winningest coach of the Dan Snyder era, and the only one with a winning record during that era?