Physicist at Large

1)  Pages 79-80: It's important to understand that the "blame teachers first" school of thought arises not from chance, or eve...

I haven't felt like blogging much lately, but my latest read, The Cult of Smart by Freddie deBoer , has some choice quotes that I want t...

 Quick thought about a quote on page 812: There is a saying: Conservatives seek converts, liberals seek heretics. And: Democrats fall in lov...

The Cal State system has announced the selection of a new Chancellor to oversee the 23 campuses. He's been serving as President of CSU ...

There's so much to say these days, both in the frustrations of my immediate work and the insanity of the wider world. I should probably ...

 Just a quick observation from page 204: I've known for a while that mid-size and small businesses are more conservative than big busine...

 The next book I'll blog about is Reaganland by Rick Perlstein. Perlstein has spent the past 20 years chronicling the rise of the moder...