note and an important link

So I've learned my lesson about ever saying that I'm on hiatus or retiring or whatever-- you've heard it from me before and it's never true!-- and I'll certainly be back. I have not been posting much for a few reasons. The first is that I happen to be in love, with a wonderful and accomplished woman, and that happily takes up a lot of my time, and more to the point a lot of the emotional energy that I have always needed to write anything remotely political. The other is that I'm moving on to a new university this fall, and I'm excited and exhilarated and, at the moment, compelled to devote my mental energy to scholarship, which is after all my passion, my purpose, and my future. I'd never say that there's something inherently more noble about the path that academics pursue than other endeavors, but for those of us who are compelled towards it, nothing comes close.

The third reason is that it's summer, and in summer it is right to rest. But I'll be back before you know it.

Now, if you please, I've written a post about the value of college for Balloon Juice, and it contains a lot of my thoughts on college and society as we move forward. Check it out.