So far today, I have read about the impact of Tuesday's elections on the rise of GOP power, the effect of overgrazing by cattle in Botswana and the maintenance of watering holes in Kenya, the early 80s Mediterranean fruitfly epidemic in California, and the semiotic dynamic of contraposition in narrative policy analysis.

Can anyone guess what my program of study is? Gotta love grad school.

Words of the day: a priori, de jure, in medias res (Haul out your Latin book.)