Friday, February 19, 2010

AMY BISHOP

Probably only academics are really interested in Amy Bishop's murders of fellow faculty over an apparent tenure issue. But I do like Kissinger's supposed quote (although I am not sure it just applies to academics)--I can think of some church squabbles where it is quite appropriate.

"Academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."

The Boston political culture:
Instead, the political culture of Massachusetts taught her something very different: It’s not what you do, but who you are.

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