Just because it’s grading period all over America.

… l’Onion.

… comments.

… seasoned to perfection here, in response to Microwave for One.

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Via Andrew Sullivan.

“Market forces,” said Cleveland State Athletic Director John Parry, “have gotten away from the idea that a coach is an educator.”

Fun stuff going on at Brown, where students closed out of a course are introducing a market in its seats:

Bradley Silverman ’13, facing unexpected barriers to entry, decided to circumvent the regulations governing seats in those classes. Standing in Lecturer in Economics Maria Carkovic’s class ECON1540: “International Trade,” he displayed a sign reading “Dropping this class? I’ll pay $ for your spot!”

I mean it’s funny that at a school like Brown, whose president was a loyal Goldman Sachs trustee through its Ungodly Compensation / Take-down of the American Economy years, and on whose current board of trustees sit both Steven A. Cohen and Steven Rattner (actually, I don’t see Rattner’s name on the latest board list, but I don’t find any notice of his resignation either), you’ve got people lecturing students about the limits of markets in university settings. LOL.

I’d link you to the CDC site, but it’s so popular it has crashed.

This will have to do.

… giggle.

The names of several thousand clients who lost money investing with Bernard Madoff have been released in a court filing that reads like a Who’s Who: former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, actor Kevin Bacon and even Madoff’s defense lawyer.

Defending a man who stole your money from the charge that he stole your money. Hm.