The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

Desultory Thoughts on Society, Culture, and Higher (Mis-) Education

Thursday, May 28, 2026

I Buy What I Like

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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted.   The fast and furious storm of bullshit that is the news forced me into decision paralysis around top...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Just Another Day...

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I began yesterday as I have so many other mornings with a single thought… What the fuck??? Tuesday’s WTF was prompted first by Secretary o...
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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Moral Panic

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Now we know. After a couple of days of wildass speculation in the MAGAverse, a suspect in the murder of the Great Martyr Charlie Kirk has ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Descent

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A few months ago, I wrote about a bizarre incident in Colorado where a man stalked a TV news crew, following the news vehicle back to the st...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Drag

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In the first season of Mad Men , protagonist Don Draper crashes at the apartment of a would-be girlfriend’s bunch of beatnik associates.   N...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Vanity

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Tomorrow’s the big celebration. President Trump is finally getting the parade he’s been after for years.   On his birthday, no less. The...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Flooded Zone

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The tipping point for this post was a required online training for work.   It was a refresher on Title IX and the Clery Act.   Two things st...
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I make my way as a college instructor in a charming little mountain community in the American West. The rest of the time I’m a writer, reader, researcher, daydreamer, film buff, keen observer of the mundane, a sometime flâneur and academic farceur.
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