Did you hear Crystal Ball's rant on the Cycle asking Hillary not to run?

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468. You are hopeless.

Actually since 2001, Dr. Lichtenberg has served as the director and corporate director of development for the Missoula Children's Theatre. Which is cool. Which I knew. She is doing good work, and I am not insulting anyone, certainly not the Missoula Children's theatre. I am not insulting or disparaging Children's theatre, GoVote, Dr. Lichtenberg or anything. Frankly, it sounds a lot saner than a lot of academe.

My only point was that the site's chart could be a little screwed or vague regarding how term's are used. I suggested that looking to a series of initials after a person's name is not necessarily a justification or sole standard. Her degree, incidentally, is in history. No problem, but it isn't necessarily stat heavy ( my field - Brit Modernism - and my specialty - manuscript reconstruction - are not either, but some of my poli sci friends, as with many social scientists, stat heavy).

Incidentally, no one is "putting their name on the work." It is not original research for God's sake. It is a good and legitimate gathering of resources that are useful as a start for people who want to figure out a) what a particular politician has said and b) how a particular politician has voted.

I am not even knocking anybody. Christ, it is basic Writing for College vetting a source. I teach this stuff - how to vet a source - to 18 to 20 year olds in a) Writing and b) upper division. Basic critical thinking. I'm done.