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Congratulations, Dr. Burch

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

On Friday afternoon, Laura successfully defended her dissertation, and received her Ph.D. “with distinction”, meaning, in a nutshell, that she kicked some academic butt. Félicitations Docteur Burch! Eleanor and I are so proud of you!

Posted by chris 3:22 pm | In Laura | 1 Comment »


The meanings of the words 'liberal' and 'conservative' have been so mercilessly abused over the last twenty years that they offer more information about the person who employs them as insults than they do about the person on whose head they fall like stones.
Lewis Lapham