New blog by yours truly, on non-Bolivian topics

I find that I keep posting about things that have nothing to do with Bolivia, then apologizing for it.  So, I’ve started another blog — don’t worry, my Bolivia-related thoughts will stay here!  You can read about how I recently dated an undated Pan-Am advertisement here.  Add me to your Google reader or bookmarks if [...]

Academic honesty in the U.S.: a diatribe

(Again, nothing to do with Bolivia.  But as many of us are academics, I’m posting this anyway.)
Two things have come to light in the past couple of weeks regarding academic honesty in the U.S.  One is the Chicago Tribune’s expose on the University of Illinois at Campaign-Urbana (the state’s main campus) admitting students because they [...]

Battlestar Galactica SPOILER! Anthropological comments on the end of the series

This post has nothing to do with Bolivia, unlike my last set of comments on BSG.  But it DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS ABOUT THE END OF THE TELEVISION SERIES!!  So if you are like me and hate spoilers, and haven’t seen it yet, STOP READING.
I mean it, you’ve been warned.
Still here?
Ok, before I start my anthropological [...]