Yesterday’s Inside Higher Ed had a story about the latest group to report on science education. Like any good blue-ribbon commission, they have changes to suggest: The panel’s members seemed agreed on several major goals. One is to align all components of education in science technology, engineering and math (STEM). The current system in the […]
Month: December 2006
Let the Bickering Begin!
A few weeks ago, the Modern Language Association released a report calling for changes in the tenure process for language and literature faculty. The report was a stirring call to action, and the members of the MLA quickly sprang into action, doing what faculty do best: arguing about stuff. [A]lthough no one is challenging the […]
Why I Hate Microsoft, Aleph-Nought in a Series
Word and Excel are both part of the Office “suite” of programs. Like all Windows programs, they open in windows with a big red “X” button in the upper right-hand corner, and a smaller grey “x” below that. In either program, if you click the small grey “x” button, it closes just the file that […]
2006: The Best Music
It’s that time of year, when people who write about music attempt to sum the year up in list form. And who am I to buck that trend? The advent of iTunes makes it much easier than it used to be for me to compile a “best of 2006” list, as it keeps records of […]
Bob Knight
The Times today has a good article on Bob Knight and his place in coaching history: In coaching circles, Knight’s legacy appears to be intact. His former players make up a who’s who list in coaching, including Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Iowa’s Steve Alford and the Knicks’ Isiah Thomas. Even longtime rivals concede Knight’s name is […]
CSI: Durham– The Unravelling
Having spent a couple of posts on the infamous Duke lacrosse case back in the early part of the year, I should make a note of the fact that the case against the lacrosse players has pretty much disintegrated. There’s a piece in Inside Higher Ed today giving an overview of the situation, albeit with […]
Best of Science Blogging
While I was out of town for the holidays, Bora announced that he’s putting together an anthology of high-quality science blogging to go with the
Ask a ScienceBlogger: “Maybe You Should Cut Your Losses”
I’ve been kind of bad about responding to the “Ask a ScienceBlogger” questions lately, but they’ve had a lot of stuff up there that I just don’t have a response for. The most recent question is something I probably ought to post about, though: What’s a time in your career when you were criticized extremely […]
Frank Portman, King Dork [Library of Babel]
I’ve been thinking about doing some best-of-the-year posts this week, and trying to come up with a reasonable list of best books. Frank Portman’s piss-take on Catcher in the Rye, the much-praised-by-Bookslut King Dork is one of the books that might well figure in a “best books of 206” post, which made me realize that […]
Can We Hit It and Quit?
We’re back in town, and I’ll schedule some science stuff for later today, but first I want to take a moment to note the passing of the hardest working man in show business. Much as we’d like to see him shake the cape off and run back to the mike one more time, James Brown […]