Center of Gravitas

A few weeks ago, Dr. Crazy had a post about collegiality in academic departments. She suggested some pretty basic notions about how one s...

Lately I have been thinking about graduate education in the humanities. Perhaps it would be a bit extreme to say that I have been having a ...

Here we are, kiddies, living through a profound moment in history. Not only did Barack Obama win, he won by a massive landslide. He will t...

Here are some random thoughts that I have had this week: After a long and tedious day at work, nothing cheers a young queer man quite so mu...

Most of us bloggers keep an eye on the number of people who visit our particular plot on the internet. When I first started the blog, I rem...