Life Imitates Graduate School
So for people who aren’t aware, I’m finishing up a PhD in Health Care Ethics. (It’s bioethics, but the...
Tag: Academia
Postmodernism’s House Of Cards
https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/859750500304121857 So, let’s recap what’s going on here for a moment: Junior philosopher publishes paper suggesting that if you...
Robespierre Returning
Another day another supposed academic making a fool of himself on twitter: https://twitter.com/LarsMaischak/status/851261987262611457 https://twitter.com/LarsMaischak/status/851262275738517509 Whatever you’re thoughts of Trump, thus...
Who Put WHO In Charge Of Anything?
Gizmodo has a bizarre article up suggesting the World Health Organization (WHO) is about to change the definition of...
Anti-elitism vs. Knownothingism
The other day Ace linked a post with much praise arguing against elitism. Despite my academic background, I, myself am...
Trigger Warning: Trigger Warnings Are Not a “Pedagogical Tool”
So, the University of Chicago has decided to issue a statement that is, in part, opposed to Trigger Warnings....
Tenure and the Illusion of Freedom
I’ve had an on again, off again back and forth with Chad Pecknold on twitter about the value of...
College Athletics: They All Cheat, But Some Are Just Better At It Than Others
There has always been a romantic and unsubstantiated assumption of high moral character and strict adherence to the rules...
“This Time However The Barbarians Are Not Waiting Beyond The Frontiers”
With all due respect to Alasdair MacIntyre. Alternative Headline: “You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God...
Ah…More Harvard Stupidity: It Never Disappoints.
0dd thought: Is it possible that Iran’s deeply flawed quasi-democracy is working better than America’s, esp. on GOP side?...
