25 July 2006 - Tuesday
Reading list
The American Bar Association presents the strange history of the presidential signing statement. The current chief executive has issued more than all of his predecessors combined.
Umberto Eco, reviewing a book by Paul Collins, recounts some "outlandish theories that were taken seriously for a long time" -- especially various hollow earth theories -- which, he says, remind him to "distrust many ideas that are accorded full credence in the media, and even in some scientific circles." I wonder what he has in mind. (HT: A&LD)
Christianity Today is watching the war in Israel and Lebanon, running a series of articles from a range of perspectives. Botrus Mansour, for example, is an Arab Christian living in Nazareth.
In the third installment of his series on academic history, Jason Kuznicki explains why you shouldn't go to grad school.
On a more cheerful note, if you haven't visited Today in Alternate History yet, you really should.
| Posted by Wilson at 18:19 Central | TrackBack| Report submitted to the Communications Desk
I found the information regarding graduate school interesting (although not necessarily encouraging to those of you facing these decisions). I also read Michelle's Dion's blog entries regarding graduate school referenced in the comments of Jason Kuznicki's blog and thought I'd pass along the link in case it is of interest to any of your other readers.
http://profesora.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_profesora_archive.html
I hope that you find graduate school to be a positive and beneficial experience.
The thoughts of Rhonda on 30 July 2006 - 20:48 Central+ + + + +
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Wow, I read the whole article on why you shouldn't go to grad school and that was pretty much the most depressing thing I've read all day.
Hope to to say hi and catch up with you if the opportunity comes, and I trust graduate school will be a more profitable experience for you than the article would indicate. ;)
The thoughts of Ludwhig on 29 July 2006 - 20:08 Central+ + + + +