Halfway There

The Sunday funnies Sunday mornings are a good time for enjoying the funnies. I am not, however, limiting myself to what I discover in the ...

Big talk, small deeds Despite the variations, every semester strikes the same themes: how do you learn? how do you study? how do you succe...

Saturday was pretty weird, too The four high holy days always find me back at Mom & Dad's in California's Central Valley. It...

The clarified Real Catholic Michael Voris has noticed that his call for the United States to become a Catholic dictatorship has provoked ...

Why can't I quit you? (You can!) The student's first message at the beginning of the term was fraught with portents of doom. He ha...

A befuddled eyewitness account Weird things happen sometimes. A year ago at this time I was immersed in a weird thing myself. You'd th...

What they don't know won't hurt you “How is your blood pressure?” “It's fine, Dad,” I said. That seemed to be a better respo...

Whore & whoremonger Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was kind enough to tape an endorsement in 2008 for Proposition 8, the b...

Only if he really wanted to! The buttons on my car radio provide a very broad cross-section of the broadcast (and political) spectrum. Thi...

Oh, and the occasional racist The tatterdemalion ranks of the Tea Party movement want it clearly understood that there is no significant...

An old dog learns an old trick When I was merely a teaching assistant in graduate school, the university provided me with a paid homework ...

Some with presence of mind Students naturally groan when their teachers whip out a pop quiz. Mine are no different, except perhaps that th...

Teaching for dollars San Francisco's KSFO, bastion of right-wing talking points for the poor out-numbered arch-conservatives who live ...