The Faculty Lounge

The AAUP's new report, On the Brink: The Annual Report of the Economic Status of the Profession 2008-09 is here.  The news isn't particularly good.  You may have heard...endowments are crashing.…

Did anyone notice Google's new feature - Google Latitude?  Google describes the service as follows: ===================== With Google Latitude, you can: See where your friends are and what they are…

Many readers may have watched television coverage of the Masters golf tournament over the weekend.  Some readers may know that golf legend Bobby Jones founded / created the Augusta National…

On a day dedicated to the Bill of Rights, Justice Clarence Thomas announced that he is kind of fed up with all this right talk.  From the NY Times:"Today there…

As Slate and the LA Times Jacket Copy blog both report, Amazon has pulled a tricky little maneuver to reduce the profile of a number of its...adult?...gay?...controversial?...titles.  Amazon continues to…

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports about growing public criticism of salaries at The Ohio State University, and other state schools.  The first, and most obvious, target of these attacks is Gordon…

Hobby Lobby is a privately held chain of retail stores with a wide range of product departments, including crafts, picture framing, fashion fabrics, and home accents.  The company operates over…

Most readers are familiar, to some extent, with Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a case that addressed whether military tribunals established by the Bush administration had the authority to try detainees being…

Assume this is your vanity plate.What message are you trying to convey?Maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter!Story here.