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