Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

So they shouldn’t be allowed to speak Harvard student Sandra Y.L. Korn recently proposed in The Harvard Crimson that academics should be stopped if their research is deemed oppressive. Arguing that “academic justice” should replace “academic freedom,” she writes: “If … Continue reading →

University of Oregon professor says college shold be priced so that “all” students can afford it. Until the money in the budget earmarked for his raise gets re-earmarked to go towards a university paid Fellowship Program. Then, oddly enough, he … Continue reading →

You know you’ve paid too much for your Liberal Arts degree when you start asking yourself and others this question. What Can Educators Do To End White Supremacy In The Classroom? The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national … Continue reading →

…[M]alaria and hookworm… had turned generations of Southerners into “anemic, weak, and unproductive children and adults.” Not surprisingly, Thornhill believes that the collectivism of the old South—the adherence to tradition, ethnocentrism, and suspicion of outsiders that marked his childhood—stemmed from … Continue reading →

AIDS vaccine researcher fakes results of study running on a $19 million grant. Gets caught, confesses, and doesn’t have to pay any of the money back. I wish I had those type of people skills.

I can think of all sorts of ways Fisher’s runaway might apply to humanity.