Monthly Archives: February 2014

A Defense of Kristin Stewart …

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Robert Basil

… and of the poem she recently published, surrounded by snark, in Marie Claire magazine. The poem is called “My Heart is a Wiffle Ball / Freedom Pole.” Writes poet and UCLA professor Brian Kim Stefans: This [post] is partly to address … Continue reading →

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Bryan Garner’s LawProse.org

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Robert Basil

Bryan Garner is a lawyer whose range of work on the topics of writing and rhetoric is humbling – to me as it should be to you, too. His blog is a gas. Here he is, just the other day, … Continue reading →

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Teaching on the Cheap

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Robert Basil

This figure is staggering: Adjunct professors and other “contingent employees” make up 70% of the faculty in American universities. These people have no hope for tenure at their schools. Writes James Hoff in The Guardian, “All but the most elite … Continue reading →

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“Ladies Learning Code”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Robert Basil

A brilliant former student of mine highly recommends this organization, “a women-run not-for-profit working to empower and inspire more women and girls to become passionate builders – not just consumers – of the web and technology.” Ladies Learning Code is … Continue reading →

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