About once a week, I'll spend hours talking to someone about my research interests. Whether my unwitting victim is my mother, my boyfriend or an unlucky friend, they all smile and nod patiently until I'm finished using words like "participant observation" and "ethnography.… 3 Comments

The fierce partisanship that has dominated both the House of Representatives and the Senate was rested Thursday, after both the House and the Senate came together to override one of President Bush's five vetoes. No, it's not anything to do with the State Children's Health Insurance Program budget increase, nor does it have to do with Iraq troops coming home anytime sooner.… Post the First Comment