Was Edgar Allan Poe a wild colonial boy?
Faculty Lounge
Autism in Academia
You can find unparalleled wisdom at the Modern Language Association (MLA). Unfortunately, it is usually presented in the type of jargon English professors like to use.
Academic Mindblindness On Autism
Mindreading is a dangerous preoccupation, even for people celebrated for their minds.
Teaching Literature @ The MLA
We actually found a woman of letters at the Modern Language Association
Scenes From the Student Debt Crisis
“College student loan debt now surpasses $1 trillion,” Vicki Alger from the Independent Women’s Forum pointed out last summer.
Remembering Judge Bork
RIP, your honor. It was our honor to know you and know of you.
Walking The Line
On sobriety and public schools.
Nerdy In A Different Way
You never know where you will find a trekkie, like on the Pepperdine faculty by way of the Federalist Society.
Constructive Academic News
A university we have long been critical of—Duke—recently got together with the Washington University of St. Louis and Turbo Tax to do something useful.
Environmentalists on the move
It’s hard to find environmental law in the Constitution, easy to find it in a law school: Maybe that’s why.