BUMMER. Professor Drezner was not recommended for tenure by his department. (Via Signifying Nothing.) One of his observations touches on the possible perils of being a public intellectual.

From a strict cost-benefit analysis, one could argue that the doors that blogging opened could have been deferred for a few years in return for the annuity of a tenured position at Chicago. That said, if I did things only for the money, I never would have entered the academy in the first place. And I’ve enjoyed the psychic rewards of blogging way too much to regret my choice.

That's a very professional statement from someone who has right to be disappointed. Read the entire post, and the bull session. Developing ...