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These Folks Will Soon Be Old Enough to Vote
Today marks our Constitution's 222 nd birthday, in honor of which I present another depressing civics quiz. The questions are...
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A Look at Health Care Around the World
My Swiss family doesn't let me forget that "universal health care" does not necessarily mean a system like that in the...
Racism
I've been avoiding this topic for some time, hoping people would come to their senses and get on with real political debate, but it...
Google Fast Flip
Google Fast Flip seemed like just another gimmick, but having given it a test drive I'm already hooked. Pick a newspaper, say...
Graduation Gift - the Adventure of a Lifetime
Chances are, whatever you got for a high school graduation gift, it wasn't what Steven Perezluha received: the opportunity to...
What a Difference an S Makes
My Google Calendar, into which I've imported the US Holidays collection, has been reminding me for a couple of weeks that tomorrow is...
Li'l Writer Guy in Paradise
If you were given an unexpected two weeks in New York City (actually 8.5 weekdays), how would you spend them? Not the...
Special Day
Happy Birthday to my Favorite One-Year-Old! (You know who you are.)
Civic Duty
It would not be too strong to say that I loathe politics. I vote, and have done so since I was first able to at age 19, but...
The Food-Farm Disconnect
I cogitated upon this video all day before finally deciding to post it. I'm hiding it behind the "more" tag because...
Trip to the Emergency Room
Last night I paid a little visit to the emergency room with a friend. The day started out innocent enough. Stephan and I...
But Good Behavior Won't Get You a Beer at the White House
Here's a contrast for you. Most folks know by now the story I wrote about in It's Not about Race , of the Harvard professor...
Making Cheese
I made cheese today, my first effort since succumbing to the lure of Ricki Carroll and her New England Cheesemaking Supply Company...
University of Rochester Flashback
I don't expect most of my Loyal Readers to wade through the entirety of Paul Gottfried's Voices Against Progress: What I Learned...
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Yet Another Benefit of Multilingualism
The future may belong to the Indians, or perhaps the Africans—or anyone who grows up in a multilingual environment. Adding...
This One's for Peter
Hat tip to Andy Bonner for this humorous look at the copyright mess.
Chocolate Unwrapped
Chocolate Unwrapped: The Surprising Health Benefits of America's Favorite Passion , by Rowan Jacobsen (Invisible Cities Press,...
King Arthur, with a Short Digression on American Schools
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table , by Roger Lancelyn Green (Puffin Books, 2008) I bought this book for my...
It's Not about Race
I wasn't going to waste blog space on the Harvard prof flap , but since I took the time to comment on Facebook, I'll add it here....
A Little More Geeky than I Thought
My sister called me a geek because I adorned reserved church pews with such labels as "DSTB 1" and "NMB 2." To me, that was a...
The Worms Don't Like Lemon Balm
I don't know why anyone would want to annoy a worm, but apparently lemon balm does the trick. I had some less-than-perfect...
Lemon Balm Tea
Making vegetables grow in our nutrient-poor, nematode-rich sand soil is always a challenge. After the initial shock of moving here...
The Worms Have Graduated
The worms have completely devoured their Carnegie Mellon t-shirt moisture mat , except for places—stitching, and part of the...
I'm Thinking of Moving to Canada
I'm thinking of moving to Canada, and it has nothing to do with avoiding the draft, nor with frustrations over our current political...