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The Idea of a University

LinkFest 2015-12-21

Where America Gets its Winter Lettuce + Lettuce Produces More Greenhouse Gas Emissions than Bacon Does The vast fields of lettuce in Yuma, in all places, are almost enough to drive me to despair. Almost. Dear Parents: Everything You Need to Know About Your Son and Daughter’s University But Don’

PhD Glut

This is sort of thing is usually discussed scoffingly over at the PhysicsForums, but there is a massive over-supply of PhDs. When even Nature is publishing articles on the subject, something has to give. There have been some attempts to reform the Ponzi scheme nature of grad school in the

The Value of Libraries

There was a short blurb in the online New York Times about a library in California that closed due to falling tax revenues despite the efforts of Ray Bradbury to save it. Explaining his support of libraries generally and his efforts in Ventura specifically, Mr. Bradbury said in an interview