Monthly Archives: December 2009
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Child Labor
Leave a commentDecember 23, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Just caught this from a round-up of conservatives saying the country will end with each passing reform in the US. …
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Google Auto-Complete
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Certainly one of the …what’s the right word? scarier? enlightening? …features of modern technology is Google autocomplete. From today’s NY …
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The “Work-Ethic” Gap
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Apparently, this Op-Ed in the Boston Globe by Kara Miller has been batted around quite a bit the last few …
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Indeterminate Determinism: Or Why It’s Not Just Humans Who Have Freedom
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Graham has a post up on McCluhan and I’m not going to wade into a debate on his work. But …
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Live Blogging the Final
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2009 by Peter Gratton
I just had a student hand in a final exam. Not only did I not know him but no one …
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Whew…that’s a time saver…
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2009 by Peter Gratton
From the Onion: Activist Judge Cancels Christmas
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Merry Christmas, Tom Coburn
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Ezra Klein has a quick post up on the cruelties of the Senate, noting how the intransigence of the right …
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Grading on Me
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2009 by Peter Gratton
Another weekend of grading. Up late. Quote of the night: wow, this is a really excellent point. Wait, hey… I’ve …
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Leave a commentDecember 20, 2009 by Peter Gratton
If the 3-D wasn’t going to make me avoid it and just knowing James Cameron was the director wasn’t going …
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CFP: Afromodernisms 1: Re-encounters with the French and Anglo-Atlantic Worlds, 1907 to ’61
Leave a commentDecember 20, 2009 by Peter Gratton
This looks really good. How many darn good conferences are in England this coming year? Keynote Speakers: Professor David Scott, …
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