August Events in the Case

No major developments in the civil case; blog posts looked at the following items:

• a California case of a wrongfully convicted man, but which also illustrated that the conviction of the innocent doesn't necessarily suggest prosecutorial misconduct;

• the Gerst Program at Duke, which provides an oasis of liberal arts learning amidst the race/class/gender dominated sea in Duke's humanities and social sciences departments;

• a letter from two Duke graduates, noting the striking contrast between the response of the administration and faculty "activists" to the Lombard and lacrosse cases;

• a low-work proposal from Group of 88 stalwart Cathy Davidson, who will allow students to grade themselves, even as she admits she doesn't much like grading;

• a reminder of the contempt through which Davidson views those with whom she politically disagrees.

I'm awaiting a couple of responses to a long post that will appear tomorrow.