Center of Gravitas

One of the advantages of teaching classes on U.S. popular culture is that you can order the extra-extra extended cable package with little g...

Many have asked about this phantom post. It shows that you still care! GayProf, irritated by some local shenanigans, hastily posted before ...

My last post exposed some ambivalence among faculty about the role of “official” teaching evaluations from students. Most of us do want fee...

Every institution generates a class of employee determined to prove that their paycheck isn’t a reckless drain of resources. These are usua...

Like millions of U.S. citizens and people around the world, I watched Barack Obama’s inauguration with keen attention, enthusiasm, and a bit...

President George W. Bush delivered his farewell address. I had imagined that he might use that time to offer some apologies for breaking th...

Illness returned to me again this week. Put that with an absurd amount of snow (How much more can I possibly shovel?) and 2009 is off to a ...