On 3/6/13 3:17 PM, Angelus Novus wrote:
> Diamond is obviously confused by what the acronym PEN-L stands for.  He 
> thinks the "P" stands for Platypus.
>
> Steve, the Platypus people have their own list where they welcome this sort 
> of obfuscatory, pseudo historical-philosophical blather.
>
> Here in the reality-based community, words like "authoritarian" don't usually 
> refer to people who win four elections and encourage grassroots popular 
> mobilization.

 From time to time, PEN-L bandwidth is consumed for days on end in 
people living up to refute somebody like David Shemano or Steve Diamond. 
Is this kind of time-wasting a function of having gained tenure? My 
wife, who has a tenure-track position teaching economics in NYC, would 
much prefer to watch Housewives of Beverly Hills for a break from her 
research than bother with such an exercise.
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