Hmm, that Rosen stuff sounds familiar. Women in positions of authority are “domineering” and “bullies” but the boys are leaders or some nonsense like that. Back in my newspaper days I heard someone refer to a Latina editor as a “b—” (for doing her job). It gets ugly with the “she’s not that smart” comment because this, in my experience, has racial connotations. I have heard it about colleagues at the u. — a completely ridiculous comment in the larger context of society — which implies that the person does not meet the standards of the good ‘ol boys.

Roberts had a seizure last summer, his second in 14 years; I think some of the early reports mentioned the possibility of a stroke, but that was apparently ruled out in subsequent tests:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/31/supremecourt/main3117012.shtml

Honestly, the one that makes me the most frustrated is the No Response Whatsoever. It’s like yelling into the wind.

John S., thanks for the link to Greenwald–I’ll have to check it out. Erica has probably dealt with more a-holery than most of us in the humanities. I mean, who would want to listen to an engineer about anything?

Random thought: engineers are like the opposite of economists. The joke about economists is, “we know it works in fact, but will it work in theory?” Ignore the warnings of engineers at your own peril!