Mike's Blog Round Up
"Afternoon Tea" by Marie Bracquemond.Credit: Wikimedia Commons
July 30, 2025

Mock Paper Scissors: Proselytizing on the job.

Slacktivist: Innocence, identity, and blood libel.

The Reliable Narrator: Student plagiarism and AI.

Equal Justice Initiative: "Stand Your Ground" laws are dangerous.

Just an Earth-Bound Misfit, I: RIP Tom Lehrer.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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