Larry Evans
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Poor people get screwed
On September 17, 2008
One of the most fascinating and enjoyable aspects of being part of a great university is the opportunity to attend lectures by the many
People with real jobs
On September 16, 2008
Over the years, I have invited many dozens of policy practitioners to make presentations to my classes at William and Mary. Examples include members
W&M parents are people too.
On August 21, 2008
Tomorrow, Friday, August 22, 2008 is “move-in day,” the annual rite of passage during which more than a thousand families arrive at W&M to
What I did during my summer vacation…
On August 20, 2008
The beach? “No.” Busch Gardens? “You’ve got to be kidding.” Three weeks by a lakeside cabin in Maine? Sounds good, but unfortunately “no” once
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
On August 9, 2008
The title of this blog post is a quote from Will Rodgers, the famous American humorist, that was referenced in a recent article in
Inside the sausage factory
On July 25, 2008
Over a century ago, the German statesman Otto Von Bismarck supposedly said, “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one
Is research mostly grunt work?
On July 18, 2008
Every summer, we have hundreds of W&M students on campus
for a month or two, conducting research under the supervision of faculty
members. I can’t prove
Some W&M staff are hip (but not me)
On July 8, 2008
I must have caught blog fever because I feel compelled to write yet another entry, this time about the amazing people and facilities at
An interesting class assignment?
On July 7, 2008
The week before last I spent three days in Detroit working in the special collections reading room of the Walter Reuther Library at Wayne