or is it goth? Not sure how I feel about the web redesign:
http://www.harvard.edu/

does anybody ever choose Price: High to Low?

help you with research at UC Berkeley - appropriation of a theme for library website

factoid from Andrew Sullivan: "Joe the Plumber has now had more press conferences than Sarah Palin."

Just discovered the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, whose "mission is to promote racial tolerance by helping people understand the historical and contemporary expressions of intolerance." There's a guide to caricatures (Mammy, Tom, etc.) and the scary "Hateful Things" traveling exhibit:


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"Debates" on wax cynlinders from 1908, between William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft have been digitized. Topics include imperialism (colonization of the Philippines) and insurance for bank deposits. WSJ has some samples. "Taft and Bryan wrangled over such then-hot topics as the annexation of the Philippine Islands and the right of labor ( Read more... )

The Chronicle of Higher Ed has a forum where profs post "favorite" student e-mails. A few ( Read more... )

Apparently I'm really dense, because when politicians talk about reaching across the aisle, I didn't know they mean it literally. Am I the only one who didn't realize there's an actual aisle separating Dems from Repubs? Of course I guess that's where the expression came from. I thought Senators sat geographically, as in Maine Senators together, ( Read more... )

Harvard held a panel discussion yesterday to talk about the financial mess and Paulson's "buy my sh**pile" plan. Panelists included profs in econ, management, public policy, law, business, including a Nobel winner. An archived webcast is hereI found it extremely informative. It's 1.5 hours, but if you want to watch a portion, I highly recommend the ( Read more... )

I guess Pat Buchanan is MSNBC political analyst these days. As guest on Rachel Maddow's show (great show!), he just said (re: bailout), "Telegrams, e-mails are coming in 200 to 1 against this..."

Telegrams? Like Western Union? Like Doc's message to Marty in Back to the Future III?