Dear Readers,
I am traveling this weekend and participating in a panel discussion at an academic society meeting, and so I won't be posting on the weekend. I've closed the last three discussion threads for the period in which I won't be blogging, since, in my view, some of the discussions are heading off on tangents that are not really productive and the combox is being used more to mount attacks on other contributors (myself perhaps above all, as the moderator of the discussion threads) than for helpful conversation.
Thanks for your understanding, and have a great weekend!