February 4, 2013 at 12:56 pm
I will do almost anything to reach my students. I am constantly innovating, and I am willing to try new things to get every student in the classroom involved. I will not, however, try to rap. Apparently I wouldn’t make it at Tufts University, where a science professor raps his lectures. I really don’t need […]
February 1, 2013 at 11:15 am
This is a Bratz doll. Will anyone admit to playing with one? These dolls really make me scared for the future of our society. They are also at the center of a heated legal battle in an industry that is supposed to “play nice.” Years ago Mattel, a toy company, sued Bratz-maker MGA, alleging that […]
January 22, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Back in Ancient times, when I entered the work world, when you were pissed at your boss you would gather by the water cooler and do your whining in person. The boss would rarely hear about it, and if she did learn of your complaints, it was usually considered harmless venting. Now that people do […]
January 18, 2013 at 10:26 am
The law is a powerful tool. It plays an important role in having an ordered society. An ordered society is one in which when you order a footlong sandwich at Subway, you get 12 inches. Is it false advertising to call it a “footlong” when the sandwich is only 11 inches? I don’t know for […]
January 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm
I spend a lot of time reading about lying. This tends to be a depressing yet enlightening endeavor. Research shows that most of us lie in small ways often. But then there are the Grand Poobah’s of lying: Bernie Madoff, Bill Clinton (although Kant would say Bill was evading, not lying), my favorite TV character […]
January 16, 2013 at 10:04 am
I hope my former students are still reading this blog. This is probably most important for those who have already suffered through my class, although it is a good thought for the future for my new students. I wrote this a few years ago after spending my entire winter break writing letters of recommendation for […]
January 8, 2013 at 2:22 pm
One of our favorite dinner table topics in my house is what we would do if we were in charge of the world for a day. Usually the discussion centers around excessive dessert eating and elimination of homework. I like to pretend I can eliminate all the things in the world that annoy me. None […]
January 8, 2013 at 2:04 pm
Apparently Lindsay Lohan wants my job.
December 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in our Commonwealth, ruled today that the police may search the call history on your cell phone when you are arrested. This is a search allowed without a warrant. The Court left for another day the issue of whether the police need a warrant to read your […]
December 4, 2012 at 11:41 am
Yesterday’s Boston Globe had a quick shout-out for a very smart young man that did the right thing by acknowledging errors in his previously published paper. Our news are usually filled with bad guys, so I thought I would bring your attention to some positive news on ethics.
