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...almost totally bereft of substantial content. Porter says his class is not about presidents, but rather about the structure of the presidency (Don’t expect to learn anything at all about the lives or accomplishments of any of the presidents). That’s okay. But since he handles everything in such an outline-ish manner, you retain very little and all the lectures blend together...
...spring semester ’06’s whipping boy, but not quite for the right reasons. Okay, Larry Summers’ BFF did once build an entire lecture around a hunk of plastic dog poo, and he gets the lines between current scientific theory, his opinion, and incontrovertible fact all mixed up, the poor dear. Pinker may flirt successfully with psychology, neurobiology, and evolutionary theory, but his class is jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Le sigh. But on the bright side: Pinker’s brain is as big as his mullet...
...guest on a lot of talk shows and sometimes it has felt like I'm being fitted into a format. I don't want to force anything on my show. I'm not afraid if something uncomfortable or unexpected comes up during the course of a segment. I'm okay with not being funny for five minutes. And I don't want my guests to feel that they have to ride a unicycle or swallow flaming keys for laughs. I don't want them to feel pressure to set the world on fire...
...With getting your feet planted on firm academic ground no longer a pressing necessity, take this time to sink deeper into an extracurricular. Branch out and try something new—you made it through the first semester okay...
...doesn't, that'll be okay, too, Payton says. "Ultimately, I decided that if I lose because I'm doing something that I believe in, then so be it. There are worse things in life than that...