Halfway There

In hell's faculty lounge The recent accounts of the misogynistic exploits of Professor Superior and Professor Troll remind me that hel...

Banned from the classroom! Like most teachers, I have my own collection of favorite mnemonic devices, tricks that I share with my students w...

I fear your love is unrequited The president insists on sending me mail. He can't stop. I'm not sure exactly what I did to spark his...

The boy magician My nephew was not yet two years old when he manifested undeniable evidence of his occult powers. “Ian” was enjoying some qu...

On second thought, no In academia, among the most coveted prizes is a reduction in one's teaching load. This makes sense in a university...

Is God natural? There's no point in expecting anything new from Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis . He wants creationism in the schools and ...

A creationist doctor diagnoses evolution's fatal illness Barney Maddox, M.D., joins the cavalcade of professionals who lecture the publi...

The false security of the Bush police state Are we still a free society? Six years of Bush vermin nibbling at our liberties makes us less so...

No, this is not a quiz Students send me e-mail and talk to me in person on campus. Many of their sentences are interrogatives, prompting me ...

That's why he hits you Let us all give thanks that Apple introduced its Macintosh personal computer in 1984. Despite its tiny memory (1...

They grow up so fast My in-box contained a new message from my friend PiD: With 20 minutes to kill, I thought I’d look up our good friend Jo...

Mitigating factors—or excuses The San Francisco Opera has launched its fall season with a gala performance of Samson et Dalila by Camille S...

You can chase your tail, too “Dude! Get this!” My junior colleague was perturbed. In his tweens and unjaded, he's still capable of surpr...

Can you tell the difference? Marc Fisher is a real journalist. You can tell because his column is published and distributed by the Washingt...

The mercifully few, the pompously proud FemaleScienceProfessor has a colleague. The word, however, is not apt, since “colleague” implies a ...