Riiight…

As seen in Reuters.com… NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martha Stewart’s defense attorney conceded on Tuesday that the celebrity homemaker received a secret stock tip but said she was too smart to botch the cover-up she is charged with committing. I swear, if the jury falls for this one, they should be smacked up the head Continue reading Riiight…

My name is…

I am working my way, fairly quickly, through Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev. On this coming Wednesday, I lead the monthly lunchtime book-club talk on it. I first read the book at the request of my high school English teacher. I had other English teachers at that school, but half the years, she Continue reading My name is…

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