doc nagel explains at most several things

Some context: I don't go to movies often. I don't enjoy the experience, and I tend to be hyper-critical of movies. I'm also a bi...

I roasted a chicken tonight. Hot damn, I love roasting chickens. Tonight's was a free range hen courtesy of Trader Joe's, which came...

I've concluded, after some time spent studying the matter, that sneering is a subtle act, requiring a finely tuned sense of minute and e...

So, as of this morning, I am now a member of the California Faculty Association's Contract Development and Bargaining Strategies committ...

The worst part of my job is grading papers. In a typical semester I have 4 classes of around 30 students each. If I have each class write a ...

I've been out of the news loop for a while, having abandoned the Modesto Bee last summer, and having chosen not to subscribe to a paper...

Spring Break ends as of this morning. We're not amused by this. Yesterday was the start of so-called Daylight Saving Time (sic: it's...

[This'll be timely for approximately 2 hours, but heck.] REUTERS. Calling to order a special session of Congress, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex)...

A recurring question I have is, why does anyone believe lies they are told through media? The latest bizarre series includes the Bush admini...

You might not have seen or heard this story alleging that the Bush administration paid a "journalist" to present their political ...

I'll begin with the self-congrats. About two and a half years ago, I got involved in a little research project into the policies and pro...

A: If you can tell he's making articulate speech. In other news, it's nearly Spring Break. I have a large quantity of anecdotal evid...

Yep. New poems. Not so new, really, but new to the page. They be accessible here . Enjoy, okay?

Pardon: Goddammit! Ahem. Congress has been busy this week doing the serious work of the people: investigating steroid use in pro baseball, a...

This morning I read an article in an old Harper's about the virtue of idleness. The author claimed, among other things, that to his way...

I'm very involved - deeply involved, pathologically involved - in campus politics. I'm the Senator from the philosophy and modern la...

I used to take for granted my right, as the American Association of University Professors ' Statement on Ethics puts it, to seek and sta...

Several years ago I was discussing current trends toward conglomeration with someone who is no longer a friend, while driving past a shop ca...

This recent Tom Tomorrow strip

After a long week of having a long week, it was decided, tonight would be manicotti night. I was introduced to it by my brother, who returne...