Excellent commentary on the limits of academic freedom. I tend to think of Inigo Montoya when I hear someone invoke “academic freedom.” “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” A snippet: The practice of citing academic freedom to condone a limitless […]
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I know this is the equivalent of passing along junk email, but even after reading some of these many times before, they still made me laugh. I needed that this morning, so I thought I would share it with you. I have no way to attribute the source, I hope […]
There have been discussions recently about online “identities” (and I suggested “personalities” is is really more to the point, we are still who we are but we may project a different aspect on one blog rather than another). We all know that questions of identity are extremely important, particularly how […]
I share with you some pictures from our tree cutting expedition this weekend. The comics are now getting into full holiday swing. For example, if only this was the extent of my holiday involvement: In truth, I am probably more like this: The reality is over the next few weeks […]
This morning we woke to a light snowfall that lasted well into the afternoon. (I believe it is 2″ deep at the moment.) While some reject the blessings of God, I rejoice in the changes of season and the snow was a perfect setting for cutting our Christmas tree today. […]
Starbucks Snowman Originally uploaded by Targuman. This little guy was sitting in the drive thru window at Starbucks.
Jim W takes great pains to regularly remind us of the total depravity of humanity (Jim, how about a bit more on repentance and forgiveness to balance things out?) but perhaps we need more practical solutions. Only God can forgive, but we still have some resources available to us.
No, that is not a reference to Tiger Woods. Jim West pointed out this story about a disruptive juror who happened to have had her name changed to “Jesus Christ.” Jim’s commentary is what we would expect. Seriously, Some People Shouldn’t Be Allowed In Public Like this nut job. Though, to […]
By jamelah on flickr used under Creative Commons license. From my “other” blog as Dean of the SHC. I share it here because I am not sure that everyone would agree with my definition of a scholar. (I should note that our students are “Schreyer Scholars” so there is a […]
Or split personality? Christopher Long, associate professor of Philosophy at PSU and soon to be associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, is wondering how to manage his online presence. Should he have one unified identity @cplong? Or two or more, such as I have (@targuman and @shcdean)? My […]