{"id":496,"date":"2005-08-24T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-24T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2005-08-24T03:06:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-24T03:06:00","slug":"496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Calm before the storm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the years, I have noticed that we often have an unusually warm (for the season) night before a snowstorm. It’s still August, of course, but I have been on campus the last two days, and that is the way it felt. I go to meetings, clean my office, collect books, etc., all knowing that next week the storm will be here.<\/p>\n

The best part so far was a rock-’em, sock-’em speech by Roger Bowen, general secretary of the American Association of University Professors<\/a>, who came all the way from Washington, D.C., to speak on defending academic freedom (and its limits and responsibilities). <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jason Pitzl-Waters has put together the first Carnival of the Pagans or Pagan Carnival<\/a>, whichever term you prefer, and I hope it’s not the last. Stop by the Wildhunt Blog<\/a> and send him your suggestions from the Pagan blogosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calm before the storm Over the years, I have noticed that we often have an unusually warm (for the season) night before a snowstorm. It’s still August, of course, but I have been on campus the last two days, and that is the way it felt. 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