A splendid example of procrastination!  I combined two enjoyable things at once:  discovered who invented footnotes (read a review about Anthony Grafton’s history of footnotes), all while delaying checking some […]

A thought-provoking and nuanced discussion of the role of trustees and the complexities of university governance in a time of change.

In case you aren’t a Chronicle subscriber, here’s the relevant portion from today’s article — and why are we reading trustees’ private emails?? On June 10, Ms. Sullivan and the […]

Water, electricity, and a hammock grove — who could ask for anything more?

THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, […]

Obama had it beautifully right: much of the world learned about Jobs’ passing in a way that Jobs invented. As I sat in a meeting yesterday, iPhones and iPads and […]