On the Margin

Well, here we go again, if 'go' means 'going on hiatus.' It's been a long time since I've written anything, largel...

"If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing."     --Kingsley Amis

Yes, this is about that pesky textbook again, but there's a broader lesson or two that apply in other contexts that I need to remember. ...

and I am reminded how much fun it is to see familiar faces, happy faces, ready to learn whatever it is we're going to study in class thi...

It's been awhile since I've posted, and while I do claim that the intervening months have been ridiculously busy (they have!), I do ...

I'm not anti-government. In fact, I teach an entire course about how the careful application of government to certain problems can make ...

that dislike for a particular group of people is a poor foundation for public policy.