Month: February 2010

Sticking my head up from the antebellum literary society stuff that's consuming me right now, to mention this news from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  It came from a loyal reader, who,…

I read my first Malcolm Gladwell book over the holiday break (Outliers).  Fascinating reading!  I'm adding his other books to my reading list.So imagine my delight in discovering that John…

Today's question:   Name the two individuals have been posthumous Oscar winners for their acting talents.Pictured:  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), for which Spencer Tracy received a posthumous Oscar nomination…

Does anyone else get the feeling that lateral hiring is really not happening much this season?  Usually the blogosphere and the conference circuit is rife with gossip about lateral moves…

As we're about to enter the spring submission season, I wanted to recommend a couple of "submitting surveys" on other blogs. For those who actually are going to submit something…

Continuing with my theme this spring of visiting Revolutionary War battlefields, I stopped by the Kings Mountain Battlefield on the way back from Atlanta a couple weeks ago. I'm always…

This story suggests that Pepperdine law dean Ken Starr may be named the next President of Baylor University this week. I can think of few academics who have had such…

Lot’s of folks have been talking about this weekend’s New York Time’s article, Wall St. Helped to Mask Debt Fueling Europe’s Crisis, in which the Times contends that “Wall Street…

Today's question:  I'll piggyback on Kelly's question from yesterday and ask this:Name an actor whose only Oscar nomination came for playing someone named Oscar (or a variation of that spelling).Pictured: …

Couple of things I've been meaning to talk about -- in one case for years -- and since they all relate to loves of a sort, I'll put them together…