The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

Americans Surge to Polls: ‘I’m Going to Vote Like My Life Depends on It’ (New York Times) Millions of Mail-in Ballots at Risk in Battlegr...

  At first glance, they looked like any other group of Trump supporters demonstrating for their president.   They were predominately women a...

This week marks six months of confinement for me.   Winter has turned to spring to summer and now to autumn.   From within four walls I’ve...

A few years ago, I joined an adjunct faculty discussion forum on Google Groups.   More of a lurker than a joiner, I’d read some of the dis...

The protests over the killing of George Floyd continue across the country.   In some cities, widespread rioting and looting have occurred....

The past months have been instructive as we endure an unforeseen emergency which has yet to show any sign of letting up.   If we believe t...

It looks as if we’ll have to spend a few more weeks holding our distance.   The White House has extended the social distancing period ...