Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Modern Shakespeare adaptations: Comedy of Errors edition
By Thoreau
Bruce Schneier outlines one of those great moments in TSA capers.
Archive for January 31st, 2012
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
By Thoreau
A blogger who grew up in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is rather mystified by the way that many North Americans use “socialism” to mean “like Western Europe.”
As long as we’re going over strange usages, consider “republic” and “democracy.” I won’t presume to put words in Clarissa’s mouth, but I somehow doubt that [...]
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
This is the noise that keeps me awake
By Thoreau
I’m reading freshman essays. That should tell you everything you need to know about my mood.
Despite that, I concur with the statement offered by academics at schools of every tier: “A lot of our undergrads are much better than our grad students.”* I am teaching an advanced course that has at least one grad [...]
