Monthly Archives: October 2012

Strategic Thinking: A Higher Ed Leadership Liability?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

October 29, 2012 “His quarrel with the Army is that it trains its senior officers in tactics but not in strategic thinking, by which he seems to mean the capacity to bring imagination and innovation to bear when faced with … Continue reading →

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End Intercollegiate Athletics As We Know It: Electoral Edition

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

October 25, 2012 We know there is a great deal of irrational exuberance around intercollegiate sports, but now we have research suggesting that the outcomes of big games can sway elections. Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier explain how.

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Meanings: “Club”

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

October 22, 2012 I’m watching game seven of the NLCS, the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, the winner to lay claim to the National League Pennant and entry into the World … Continue reading →

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Meanings “Clerk”

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

October 19, 2012 I’m at a meeting of the Quaker United Nations Committee (QUNC), the committee that oversees the work of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO).  QUNO is an organization, jointly sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) … Continue reading →

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Meanings: “Follow-up”

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

October 18, 2012 On ESPN’s Sports Center this morning I watched a several minute interview (portions of it here) between Alex Rodriguez and several reporters.  The questions concerned his being benched for Game 4 of the ALCS series, and  the … Continue reading →

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