Academic authors (published and aspiring) beware!

Do not rely entirely on others, including supposed professionals, to proofread your book manuscript, or you'll end up having relatives e-mail you about typos in your brand new book!

(Be sure to read the comments for helpful advice and resources.)

No copycats here!

You know the story "Xerox creates self-erasing paper" would generate lots of amusing comments...

Real reason to look down on Berkeley

At least we don't have any faculty who legally argued for torture! (None that I know of, that is.)

See what prominent academics in law and other disciplines have to say about this topic.

File under DUH, please

Study shows that doctors and lawyers out-reproduce professors. REALLY? You don't say!

Alleged abortion art at Yale

Let's start with a controversy, shall we? I still think that Aliza Shvarts is in desperate need for attention and that Yale is doing the right thing. I also agree with this more thoughtful take, whose author has subsequently compiled an incomplete but fairly extensive list of artistic acts that could be seen as self-abusing and "shocking."

The latest: Shvarts submits an alternate project.