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Archive for July 31st, 2011

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

An organized minority is a political majority

By Thoreau
Early accounts are that the budget deal includes no tax increase, and most of the cuts come from non-military spending.  Now, in asking why our most audaciously hopeful Democrat struck such decidedly not-Progressive “deal”, there are two distinct issues to consider:
1) Why wasn’t the deal very progressive?
2) Why wasn’t it more progressive than it [...]

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Best believe somebody ain’t payin’ the pied piper

By Thoreau
I admit to not being a fan of the concept of work-life balance in academia.  I know that I just exiled myself from polite company by saying that, but I’ve never been terribly polite, so, fvck it.  My reasons are, in no particular order:
1) No matter how noble the concept, it’s also a buzzword, [...]