The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

Margaret Thatcher is dead. She is dead and I'm once again reminded of the saying that while the good that people do dies with them th...

First post in a recurring series I got an email a while back from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a long time, informing me that a mutual...

The Cyprus bailout is going forward, with a modification or two.   Fortunately for Cypriot workers, their bank deposits will be safe, at lea...

The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to assist the cash-strapped government of Cyprus with an emergency infusi...

I’ve just finished watching Won’t Back Down , last year’s movie about parents who defy the odds to improve their kids’ education. Won’t B...

The customer service policy of UK-based quick-service dining chain Pret à Manger has made the news this week.  Hardly Page 1 stuff, but inte...

My HMO recently assigned me a new doctor.   Well, he actually wasn’t a doctor; he was a physician’s assistant.   This fact wasn’t a problem ...