The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

Time again for the annual commencement ceremony at Snowflake College. It’s an informal affair, sans academic regalia.   The college presi...

Nicolas Sarkozy steps down today as French president, to be replaced by socialist François Hollande.   Voters in one of Europe’s largest eco...

In response to the President’s statement in favor of same-sex marriage, Mitt Romney told a receptive audience of evangelicals this weekend h...

I’d like to extend my best wishes to all on this International Workers’ Day.   May the coming year bring progress and solidarity for all wor...

Wanting to do my part for Snowflake College, I volunteer to sponsor a campus club.   Not just any club, mind you, but the local branch of th...

A news item has made the rounds this week: A woman in Illinois was jailed for failing to pay a medical bill arising from cancer treatments....

I made a faux pas in class the other night.   Discussing how news coverage affects perceptions of events, I compared headlines describing...