You know, Adam Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759. In it, he advises against getting your happiness wrapped up in chasing the...
This is basically my attitude as well. If someone is technically named “Kathleen” but prefers to be called “Kath”, I try to do this. If someone...
Good point. Biology maybe has a troubled past on this front. This is Charles Darwin …and his son! [IMG]
Maybe it isn’t worth much, but it might be tackling more than it seems. I teach a course in the biology of science fiction film (really!), which...
One minute really changes a man. :D I know what you are saying, but what I meant was that the class might be about answering the question, how...
I wouldn’t be so quick to judge this situation. For one, electives are there only for those that elect them, but more importantly, the class may...
As I understand the wording, the new poster part of the rule is more about information than street cred. If one agrees with a 10% flat tax, it’s...
Interesting. I hadn’t thought about that issue. I wonder if that has been a problem here. This is the current rule in effect on this board: L....
Not that my personal opinion is of any value in deducing communal uses of the ratings, but I have always seen the two ratings as different in...
The chemistry part is interesting, as there indeed isn’t usually much political significance in that curriculum. We will see if the board is...
Agreed. Certainly faculty can make bad decisions, but the question is who can make better ones? If there are explicit guidelines, eg publish one...
Looks like the new New College administration has denied tenure to five professors after the faculty and previous administration voted to grant...
I don’t think that the lack of opinions from faculty in an article should be count as solid evidence that the faculty are happy with Sasse. Though...
This is the first, let’s say, “justification” of DeSantis’ actions that makes even the smallest bit of sense to me. Still, I’m with @ajoseph that...
Well said, and I very much agree. I think you should keep fighting for the actions that you truly believe would make a better world. I just also...
This case has absolutely no business making it to SCOTUS.
I think both sides could use a Wonderful Life experience where each of us gets to see a world where the other side never existed. I am guessing...
Yes indeed, cars have legitimate uses, which is why I think it’s overly simplistic to think of the pro-driving view as one against the lives of...
Thanks to both of you. It seems I had my facts wrong here, so probably this pushes me back to the side of the customers on this one.
Yes these could work, but as you say they are debatable. And the second option seems rather arbitrary, eg what of billboard sign makers? It...
