Diversity, inclusivity, and equity are the ultimate buzzwords in academe right now. Now of them amount to much without the emotional core of empathy.   I wish that my colleagues would practice more empathy with each other and toward me and our students. Pretty grim place to work right now. Ageism rampant.  I have a job,…

A poem for the new year. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that there will be anything approaching normalcy post-pandemic unless you are willing to engage in a pathological degree of denial.  

C0VID19: A Fever Fantasy Let’s return to  what we had  before the virus. Who knows,  maybe somebody  just kicked out the cord.  Go ahead.  Plug it back in. See what happens. So pretty  to think so.