Author Archives: Fenster

About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: If You Don’t Like the Weather Wait a Few Minutes

Posted on March 22, 2020

Fenster writes: Earlier thoughts from semi-self-quarantiner: 1, 2, 3, 4. 5. Twain’s comment about the weather in New England is appropriate in the context of the virus.  If you don’t like the situation, give it a day and see what changes.

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Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: But if You Go Carrying Pictures of Chairman Mao

Posted on March 20, 2020

Fenster writes: Earlier thoughts from semi-self-quarantine: 1, 2, 3, 4. It is hard for citizens to know what is going on with the virus.  You can argue citizens need not know that much, and mostly need to follow the sound … Continue reading →

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Notes on The Unz Review

Posted on March 20, 2020

Fenster writes: I recently had several blog posts on the Ch*nese Virus published as an article in The Unz Review.  That raised some eyebrows among my progressive friends, and even some less-progressive ones.  So here is a note explaining my … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: a modest proposal

Posted on March 17, 2020

Fenster writes: Previously on Semi-Self-Quarantiner: 1, 2, 3. How’s this for a modest proposal.

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Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: When you see a fork in the road, take it.

Posted on March 17, 2020

Fenster writes: Previously on Semi-Self-Quarantiner: 1, 2. My last post on the virus has not yet gone viral.  But that will not stop me from piling on.  So here’s another.

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Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: Questions

Posted on March 16, 2020

Fenster writes: In discussing the virus from the comfort of home I just got the preliminaries out of the way with here, ending with the troubling conclusion that it is hard to know with great certainty what the hell is … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of a Semi-Self-Quarantiner: Prelims

Posted on March 16, 2020

Fenster writes: The problem with the future is that it hasn’t happened yet.  I had a hard time explaining this to my finance students in a discussion of accounting and budgeting.  Accounting is replete with risks and uncertainties, but for … Continue reading →

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