March 10, 2009
There’s a periodic discussion that weaves its way through the progressive blogosphere that goes like this: “How the hell can I make any money off my blog?” Sadly, the fact that we still have the discussion as often as we do means there have been no sure-fire answers found as of yet...
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Martin
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March 08, 2009
On Saturday night I finished up Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris, a rich narrative of the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. The book is excellent, and while it requires a bit of understanding of the period, Morris’s breezy detail paints a vivid picture of TR the man, and the tornado of excitement tha...
The John Larroquette Project
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Peter
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February 25, 2009
I think about my scholarly competence as the trifecta of knowing one's shit, having ideas, and writing well. The first is necessary. You can't even really have ideas without knowing something to have ideas about. There are people, though, who only have information and cannot really formulate ideas. ...
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Jonathan
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February 24, 2009
Avoiding the "info dump." One of the most common problems in dissertations--and consequently in barely revised dissertation chapters sent out as journal articles for review--is the info-dump. I define this technique the presentation of research findings directly, nakedly. Some examples might include...
¡Bemsha SWING!
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Jonathan
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February 18, 2009
Daniel writes on Hirhurim: Some comments seemed to indicate that Professor Kugel is Shomer Mitzvos. However, if he does not believe in Torah min HaShamayim, then I do not see how he can fully believe (if at all) that the Mitzvos are binding. Part of being a Shomer Mitzvos is to perform the Mitzvos b...
Your Moral Leader
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Luke Ford
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RTFA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7897034.stm Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently. A Catholic survey found that the most common sin for women was pride, while for men, the urge for food was only sur...
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fumf
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February 13, 2009
From Urim Publications: We are pleased to announce the release of Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar. Professor Nehama Leibowitz (1905–1997), winner of the Israel Prize in Education, was a unique figure in the twentieth century Jewish landscape. She wrote a best-selling series, Studie...
Your Moral Leader
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Luke Ford
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February 12, 2009
From Hirhurim: R. Dr. Moshe Bernstein, a Professor of Bible at Yeshiva College, writes a very eloquent (and surprisingly forceful) opinion piece on the Kugel incident (link) in the current issue of The Commentator (link): Why Lines Need to be Drawn (and Where) When a writer for The Commentator asked...
Your Moral Leader
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Luke Ford
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February 10, 2009
You see who is on top on this blog. It is a competition. Let the voting begin. Jessica Teller's photography can be found at Wers.org . I had no idea that I could have skipped the whole school thing and still called myself a relationship expert. Everyone is doing it now, and frankly, if I had known t...
Everyone Needs Therapy
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TherapyDoc
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February 08, 2009
Disrupting the Library Transporter Beam I have loaded a copy of my OLA talk on my blog (18 MB). I ranted and ruffled a few feathers using the Star Trek transporter (a malfunctioning one at that) and the Transmogrifier from Calvin and Hobbes as the key to commenting on: vendor vs Open Source ILSs; dy...
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