Greg Crowther

Trump's behavior crosses every line

Public officials must be free to speak without fear of political retaliation

Our democracy depends on that freedom👇

Yup!

(That's a term I learned from Gavin Edwards' book 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy.)

YouTube video by MilliVanilliVEVO Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True

My 8-year-old is reading a graphic novel titled "Squirrel You Know It's True," so tonight I showed him where that title comes from. (I threw in "Blame It On the Rain" as a bonus.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdSm...

Will the circle be unbroken? Reflections on a recent study of anatomy & physiology instructors

Today on Grading for Growth, Greg Crowther shares some data and reflects on the importance of letting students take home and reflect on feedback.

Will the circle be unbroken? Reflections on a recent study of anatomy & physiology instructors

Thanks to @dccmath.bsky.social and @roberttalbert.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this and for excellent feedback on my first draft!
gradingforgrowth.com/p/will-the-c...

Good question... But what metrics does one even use to assess the "success" of an illegal war?

My open letter to JD Vance:
gregcrowther.com/2025/11/06/p...

When American Foreign Policy Devolves Into a Bunch of Stuff My latest for World Politics Review

I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...

Do you observe NoNoWriMo?

Opinion | The Secretive Office Approving Trump’s Boat Strikes

We have been down this road before, and we should have learned our lesson from it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

“Narco-terrorist” isn’t a thing. This is just lawless killing.

There’s no “I” in “peer review” – or is there? In which occasional guest blogger Greg Crowther asks me a peer review question that stumps me – so together, we puzzle it out. Greg: Steve, I was recently reviewing some grant proposals for NSF whe…

Yes! We need to resist always creating new rules/processes for handling super-rare problems.
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t...

Still three full days for your children to dramatically change their minds about their costume

My 8yo seems to be imagining a podcast drawing inspiration from Casey Kasem's American Top 40, but featuring two Spanish phantoms that rank their favorite cheeses.

He's calling it "Quesos, Ghost to Ghost."

TIMELINE OF THE CRISIS OF 2026 How the States stop being United

A disturbingly realistic sounding scenario for 2026:
changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...

I liked some tracks, such as "Actually Romantic," which seemed to be about Reviewer 2....

If they were determined to use a Kenny Loggins song they should have gone with "Return to Poo Corner."

Hmm, yeah.... In the subcategory of sports injuries, maybe getting hit by a pitch in baseball is sometimes a net win?

Was wondering if carpal tunnel syndrome would allow you to claim yourself exempt from answering emails, or something like that.

My impression from BlueSky is that Seattle scientists, no longer able to count on the NIH and NSF, are finding reliable stability instead in...the Mariners.

Sorry to hear that, but also curious as to whether you have a (small) list of injuries with LOTS to recommend them.

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

I'm disappointed that, while this article makes a few careful distinctions, it does not distinguish between mocking beliefs/actions and mocking physical appearance. In general, it's not great to respond to cruelty with more cruelty.

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

New, horrifying Eli Saslow just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’ At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.

Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.

It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.

On the up side, your use of the royal we is coming along nicely.

Not quite over-the-top enough. Did you try using the royal we? :-)

There’s no “I” in “peer review” – or is there? In which occasional guest blogger Greg Crowther asks me a peer review question that stumps me – so together, we puzzle it out. Greg: Steve, I was recently reviewing some grant proposals for NSF whe…

NSF instructs peer reviewers not to use the first person in writing a review. Why on earth? And isn't this terrible advice?

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

A military without laws and rules of engagement isn't a military. It's a gang.