My profession

Seems it's in trouble.  I'll never question the validity of tenure again, despite the few I know who don't deserve it.  I went on a rant the other day during the Anth 355 final about what I see as anti-intellectualism in, of all places, college.  The idea that freedom of thought and independence of spirit and human inventiveness can take place when there are fewer and fewer professors with job security doing a job that is increasingly devalued is faulty.  I'll write about my college some other time.  In the meantime, here are a couple of good articles:

Wm Deresiewicz: Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education"

David Glenn: "The Default Major: Skating Through B-School"