The AAUP has been captured by extreme partisans and extreme identitarian ideologues. And now openly opposes freedom of expression. I cancelled my AAUP membership--and my payroll deductions for AAUP dues. I urge other AAUP members to do the same.

Well said

Fake news anchor Lawrence O'Donnell is actually complaining that Pete Hegseth said "No man left behind" because it doesn't include women. What an absolute joke.

The faculty who express the greatest faith in faculty governance haven’t won a faculty vote in the 21st century. Impressively, that doesn’t keep them from believing they are the voice of the faculty.

We don’t like shutting down entire departments but sometimes it is necessary to fire tenured faculty.

My favorite time of year! Throwing out a 1% merit pool and watching full professors fight over 0.15% differentials.

Remember what Winston Churchill said: “Faculty governance is the worst form of government — including all the others that have been tried.”

I never get a raise. I get a bump in pay commensurate with my expanding administrative portfolio. My salary and responsibilities are always expanding!

It has been nearly a year since we announced the new syllabus guidelines and templates. So, next week, to celebrate we will announce the new, revised syllabus guidelines and templates. It is all part of the strategic plan reboot!

Once again, we did a thorough national search, only to find the best candidate was already here!

Yesterday, an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel tried to evade the U.S. blockade after leaving Bandar Abbas, exiting the Strait of Hormuz, and transiting along the Iranian coastline. The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) successfully redirected the vessel, which is

"American colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released on Wednesday." nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/…

Unfortunately the legislature’s Sharia Law Ban precludes the athletic department from taking Saudi Sovereign Fund support. So, we are cutting Humanities to pay for NIL!

We’ve approved an internal grant for Economics to do an ethnographic study of the dismantling of Sociology & Anthropology in the state system.

Technically, you still have tenure. But also - thanks to the state legislature - you are also now an “at will” employee.

Buy my new book, ‘Mediocracy’! This isn’t a request. You need to go buy it for the upcoming chairs and directors retreat. It is required!

I don’t know, man, I wiped out the president of Harvard, helped Ron DeSantis take over a college, inspired the Department of Ed to cut billions in waste, taught popular courses at Hillsdale, and worked with legislators in a dozen states to abolish DEI. How about you?

The thermostats don’t really work. They are a psychological experiment to see how often you attempt to control your environment. But your building is LEED Silver certified!

Of course, I am still research active. My book on the Sazerac took years of field work in New Orleans. Thanks to the Office of Research for funding it with internal grants!

If you criticize the new college policy, you are clearly part of the problem we are trying to solve.