The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog

My dwindling “Saved” queue is finally at zero.   My music streaming service updated its site and now offers fewer of my favorite musicians a...

It’s funny how certain memories survive the passage of time.   I’m not sure which night it was—March 19 th or 20 th —but I distinctly remem...

Justice Alito is afraid. The author of last summer’s holding in Dobbs said this week that the leaking of the decision draft in May expose...

I must say that the latest stunt out of MAGA-dom is inspired, though not in a good way.   Busing and flying immigrants from Florida and Texa...

Queen Elizabeth II has finally passed away.   Ninety-six years is a good run for any individual.   And as with so many of us, she was the so...

Fall semester begins tomorrow.  Not that I, my online students, nor my colleagues can do anything about it.   You see, the college website...

Although I should be paying closer attention, I’ve sporadically followed the January 6 th House Select Committee hearings. Most of the live...