University Official Gifts

'We need to strike the right tone between asking and desperately pleading in our alumni solicitation letters.'

Graduate is handed a bill with her degree certificate.

'I suspected hackers when it accepted all the student scholarship applications.'

'You should be ashamed of yourself.'

'This scholarship application is great. You must have received an A in creative writing.'

"Nation-building never works."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"You're fired."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

The Anti-Agent

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

Pretty Flowers

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

"National security adviser"

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

The Circular Logic of Fascism

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

Political convention

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"What was I thinking?!"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

CIA report