Yep, that’s exactly my reading of the situation. It’s personal, but we don’t know yet if it’s justified as well.

Plenty of people do things that would justify termination and DON’T get terminated due to personal relationships, as well.

In addition to all the reasons above me, tenure helps if there’s low enrollment one semester/year. They can’t just fire the French professor because only ten students enrolled in French 5620 in the fall.

You can still be fired for cause. The intent of tenure is to protect academics from backlash when they choose to research politically unpopular topics or say politically unpopular things, not to let people get away with being abusive or sexually harassing others or committing gross academic misconduct.

But they’re full of Green Pea-ness.

You know, I’m really starting to doubt anyone who doesn’t think that Yoko was really the reason for the Beatles breaking...the record for number of times three guys have rolled their eyes during a recording session.

Jim, should I get my PhD? My boss keeps telling me it’s worth it.

I love Nic Cage movies and FURTHERMORE I will posit that he actually looks kind of foine in Moonstruck THERE I SAID IT

Nic Cage is literally the best actor of all time so yes obviously this is correct why would this be a question

Is he a smoker, by any chance? I loooooove how folks like this get all up on the “OMG TOXIC CHEMICALS” horse with a pack of cigs in the other hand. Like, shut up, you idiot. See Also: Kirstie Alley and her anti-pysch-med stance (but she smokes like a fiend, probably because “it relaxes her”), and um oh hey Jenny…

I’m so tired of hearing about how the FDA and CDC are “corrupt” and want to kill babies and shit. Christ. Yes, there are terrible people in every industry and every organization. But the vast majority are fucking smart ass people who know what they’re doing.

But like, I feel like I KNOW actors intimately. I don’t know who the fuck my doctor is. WHO WOULD YOU TRUST.

Hot take: Nic Cage is a better actor than Jim Carrey ever was. We’re going to look back at the time when he was a star the same way we look at parachute pants and Zubaz.

Delusional. I think he’s just that fucking narcissistic and bombastic that no one would tell him no if he asked, and he wouldn’t ask anyway.

I’m not saying I wouldn’t do the drugs, but I would definitely be upset if someone said let’s get tacos and then didn’t follow through with tacos. No matter the reason.

Tacos > Acid
Hands down

all the stars for your comment.

There’s nothing that indicates that she can’t. And again, how she should behave in front of 5 year olds is totally irrelevant to how she should behave in front of adults. Or do you not adjust your behavior based on your audience? Because if not, I have to take issue with your use of damn in your comment. It’s not…

Before shaming Jez’s writing can you direct us readers to a source that can actually shed some light on the “more goings on” that you refer to?

I get the feeling that the fight they’re having is not about the fight that they’re having.

Oof, I came in all ready to be outraged based on the headline, but...