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Academic Politics: What Happened to the 60s?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 21, 2008 | No Comments »

The title of Patricia Cohen’s recent article in the NYT, “The 60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire,” was a little misleading. Indeed, those of us who were in graduate school during some of the most fiercely fought battles (for me, late 1980s through mid 1990s) understand that the culture wars were invariably the [...]

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Drunken Professors

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I have to wonder whether there ever was a golden age of drunken professors, or whether in fact I merely romanticize what can be considered an abominable trait in anyone, academic or otherwise. More than one of my undergraduate profs imbibed, and did so frequently. And indeed, on many occasions I was asked to accompany [...]

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