Light in August
I write a lot of articles criticizing my administration for a simple reason: they deserve it. Our administrators make a lot of bad decisions,...
Life and how to live it, Part III
Going to the mailbox to retrieve and examine an annual evaluation usually isn’t a big deal at my university. Over the last few years,...
Life and how to live it, Part II
It was almost midnight when I decided to make two difficult phone calls the next morning. The first would be to Patti. I would...
Life and how to live it
Over the weekend, I received several emails from readers warning me that I might lose my job over the article I wrote criticizing my...
We’ll have a gay old time
Dear Professor Flintstone (pseudonym):
Thanks so much for your letter expressing concern over UNC-Wilmington’s new harassment policy, which reads as follows:
Harassment is unwelcome conduct based...
Stem Cell Smoke and Mirrors
The debate over federal funding of embryonic stem cell research has heated up again. A recent exchange of views in the Washington Post exposes...
Clueless commies and Cuban contraband
Right now, I’m sitting on my back deck smoking a Cuban Montecristo #2. Some call it breaking the law. But since the U.S. Army...
Cell phone sociopaths
For years, people have asked why I’m so intolerant of people with cell phones. Since therapy is getting so darned expensive these days, I’ve...
Academic insanity, part 184
Author’s note: My present department chair (who began that position on July 1, 2005) was not involved in any of the events documented below....
It’s my party and you’ll come if I tell you
Dear President Broad ([email protected]):
Last week, I went to work to examine a copy of my 2004 performance evaluation. For the first time in 12...
The new vice provost for inclusion and cross-cultural effectiveness
Heads are hanging at the University of Oregon (UO) today. The first vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, Gregory Vincent, is leaving...
The Office of Campus Car Alarms
We need to find a new name for “diversity experts.” The term “expert” implies that one possesses superior knowledge. But, since the diversity...
Generation P
I met Ben Shapiro last year when we both spoke on Capitol Hill at an event sponsored by Accuracy in Academia. For those...
Enlightening the stupid, God-fearing Georgia redneck
For years, I have argued that anti-religious bigotry is a serious problem in higher education. Recently, a memo was circulated at Georgia College...
Dr Timothy’s sociology class
Good morning class. I want to start with a clarification of my remarks from the last class period. Towards the end of our...
