Meaning mattersPeople on the edges of my corner of the internet are trumpeting this poll at the moment, from the Civics and Health Institutions Project…Jul 10Jul 10
Trust and faith in higher educationInside Higher Ed reports today that recent pro-Palestine protests on college campuses have “further undermined public trust in higher…Jun 27Jun 27
I’m not sure why Stewart is backing off here, but I suspect it’s because a lot of these older…The only explanation, I think, is that Stewart, after having just defended Chappelle, doesn’t want to be lumped in with critics of Rowling…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
I wonder why people use ad-blockersI’ve been using Opera for a little while, which has a built-in ad-blocker. I recently switched to Firefox because I discovered that…Sep 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021
I’m loathe to defend anti-vaxxers, and indeed, strictly speaking, I am not going to defend those…Of course, as the articles do point out, this isn’t what happens in I Am Legend, either — the zombies were created by a virus, not a…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
The UK, where millions live in povertyThe BBC has an account today of the Lazarus heist, the 2018 hack of the Bangladesh bank reserve by North Korea. It’s largely worth skipping…Jun 26, 2021Jun 26, 2021
New issue of Barzakh Magazine outI basically act as support staff so I periodically forget that I co-edit a literary magazine, but our most recent issue of Barzakh Magazine…Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
The fuck is The Daily on aboutAnd meantime, nobody is talking about how to tax this growing wealth, how to capture the value of these huge piles of assets. Nobody is…Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021
Back to school, back to schoolI don’t disagree that we’d be better off with kids (and college students, for that matter) back in the classroom this fall, but it bothers…Jun 11, 2021Jun 11, 2021