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Yesterday, I was noting down a lot of Mircea Eliade’s ideas on the form of early Judaism in general, and the story of the binding of Isaac in particular. Deep and worthy ideas, but unengaged. Campbell discards all of Judaism out of hand, but he is personally engaged with it — as an antagonist, at Continue reading readings

Punishment for being smart, continued

Prof Ordered to Remove Diploma Mill SiteUnder pressure from administrators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a tenured physics professor has shut down a Web site he created to make information available about the unaccredited distance-learning institutions often referred to as “diploma mills.” The physics professor, George Gollin, says administrators ordered him to remove Continue reading Punishment for being smart, continued