Whoniversal Appeal: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference on Doctor Who, and its Spin-Offs 14-15 November, 2008 (via, of all places, Crooked Timber)
If plane tickets were a few hundred (or so) dollars cheaper, this would be completely worth the time and discomfort
Posted by Ben on September 22, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/if-plane-tickets-were-a-few-hundred-or-so-dollars-cheaper-this-would-be-completely-worth-the-time-and-discomfort/
Stealing Ethics
Of philosophy books at academic libraries, ethics books are more likely to be stolen than non-ethics books. Or, borrowed pending their comprehension? The Splintered Mind provides a slightly more comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon than you’d expect to find, probably. (originally by way of Bookslut; Splintered Mind: “Still More Data on the Theft of Ethics […]
Posted by Ben on January 25, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/stealing-ethics/
Number what?
Washington Monthly digs into the omnipresent US News & World Report College Rankings, turning them inside-out and upside-down and everything. WM re-orders the list based on things like national service, research grants & student aid, and so forth. Unsurprisingly, US News & WR’s list is flip-flopped a bit, with some top-ranked schools sinking to the […]
Posted by Ben on August 20, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/number-what/