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    One provocative read (if you can get past the sensationalistic headline) is econ blogger Noah Smith’s substack post from last…

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    What I find interesting is how much of a gap there is in competence across different domains. Brian’s remark about…

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Katha Pollitt on L’Affaire Ronell at The Nation

Another good essay on the Ronell case, short and to the point:  read it all if you've been following this affair.  An example:

To me, her hundreds of histrionic e-mails read like a humorless novel of obsessive passion. Not so, she claims; they were lighthearted fun “between two adults, a gay man and a queer woman, who share an Israeli heritage, as well as a penchant for florid and campy communications arising from our common academic backgrounds and sensibilities.” Well, all you queer Israeli academics out there, do you address your grad students as your “sweet cuddly baby” or warn them that “‘I love you too’ does not cut it darling,” if they fail to respond with sufficient enthusiasm?

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