My professor, Mary Corey (History, UCLA), is always inspired and never dull, even in her darkest moments. Especially in her darkest moments. When George W. Bush was reelected, Corey told our class that she was “in a decidedly bad mood,” but proceeded to give a colorful lecture anyway. She is filled with marvelous stories and spiked with a foul sense of humor. She can talk for a whole hour and you would want her to continue. But only if you are a liberal. If you are not, you find yourself decomposing in your seat or chewing through your own tongue....