On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.

I think that very few people in academia have come to terms with what it means that most schools depend on grad student labor but prepare grad students for a job market that doesn't exist.