Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

Subconsciously Hoping To Fail?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Phil Kadath

I mean, really, what is wrong with me? When we last left my PoliSci 202 course, I had gotten into it over Affirmative Action and the use of agitprop in the class with the professor and then was popped by … Continue reading →

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I’ve stepped in it now

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Phil Kadath

As previously mentioned, the weekly assignments in the PoliSci 202 course I’m currently taking is to pick one editorial and one news story, both from daily newspapers, both on the topic of national politics, and break each of them down. … Continue reading →

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It seems I’ll never learn

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Phil Kadath

I got into a bit of a spat with the Political Science professor during the latter part of last week. I’m sure this is a big surprise to all you regulars here. The class is PoliSci 202 – US Government. … Continue reading →

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They thought long and hard about it

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Phil Kadath

And two economist professors to the left of Paul Krugman have published a paper (pdf) stating that the “optimal” top tax rate should be……. Wait for it……. 76% Wrap your head around that for a moment. Peter Diamond of MIT … Continue reading →

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I wonder

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Phil Kadath

What Sebastian and Bitter are doing on March 15th next year? Why? Because the NRA will be bringing their NRA U program to UPenn-Philly and I’d like to get a look at those protests. In an effort to educate the … Continue reading →

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More on Gingrich – Churchill

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Alaska

Steven Hayward, who’s been generous in donating autographed books to the annual Soldiers’ Angels Project VALOUR-IT benefit raffle at Boomershoot, is the author of one of my favorite books on Churchill, specifically, on Churchill and leadership. So the same day … Continue reading →

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Feeding off the young

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Phil Kadath

If one of the students accidentally botulizes the class, does it mean they fail the course? Sacramento State professor George Parrott walked out of his Psychology 101 lab class Thursday morning because his students didn’t bring any snacks. Instead, he … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Modern

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Alaska

A couple years back, Phil gave me several CDs with (mostly) drum-and-bass music — new to me, and his musical obsession at the time. All were very cool, but I had the devil of a time trying to figure out … Continue reading →

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Best interest of the children?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Scott

http://www.king5.com/home/Report-shows-former-schools-superintendent-pushed-sale-of-district-property-for-cheap-132485223.html I think not. Yet Seattle Schools has a huge budget deficit and is always threatening teacher layoffs and school closures.

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Practice by Thinking

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Alaska

An intriguing experiment. I’ve found that simply thinking, hard, with concentration, about the mechanics involved in shooting accurately (including visualization, mental checklists, etc.) seems to improve my shooting tremendously the next time I hit the range — but then I’ve … Continue reading →

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