Unqualified Offerings

Declaring things “dead” is dead.
(Unless someone wants to make a case re “liberaltarianism.”)

By Thoreau
PhD over-production has interesting effects in the academic job market.  There are the commonly-lamented phenomena that I’ve discussed before (mostly, the masses of desperate adjuncts getting low wages).   As some of my colleagues at other undergraduate institutions have noted, it also means that today undergraduate institutions can find more people with strong research credentials, [...]

By Thoreau
To avoid burnout during my 2 weeks in the special Evil Fiziks Lair, the long marathons of derivations are supplemented by the Robotech Masters episodes of the original series.  Alas, it’s off to a weaker start than the Invid episodes were.  (Yes, I’m watching in reverse order.  It just worked out that way.)  All [...]

By Thoreau
The protests against the Burlington Coat Factory Recreation Center show a lot of what’s ugly and stupid in America.  This video, where the protesters start ranting against some random black guy walking down the street, is particularly ugly.  This is really ugly kulturkampf.
However, is it kulturkampf at its worst?  America’s been through uglier stages [...]