Who's your doggie? In praise of the shaggy J.D.

Now that Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Harrison have used the inverted canine metaphor (tail wagging the dog) to describe craven educators who make academic decisions on the basis of U.S. News rankings, we should remind ourselves: "Who's your doggie?" This image, from Wikipedia's pack of border collies, provides a good role model. If ever tempted to subjugate academic judgment to journalistic popularity contests, this hard-working breed of shaggy J.D. knows what to do: show 'em The Eye.