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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...
sursumcorda, 17 August 2009 |
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...
Publish PDF Documents from Microsoft Office 2007
I know enough about my computer's software to get by; in fact, I know enough to do many wonderful things. But what I don't know...
And You Thought Republicans Were Partisan Elitists
I'm filling out a political survey. My friends can now pick themselves up off the floor, as they know that in our house such...
Life and Death on the Farm
To prove the Front Porch Republic isn't all academic discussions of too much length and intensity for the casual reader, check out...
Trackback Apology
In case anyone got excited by seeing what might have been an new comment appear, only to be led to a couple of old posts, I...
What a Wonderful Bird the Frog Are!
What a wonderful bird the frog are When he stand he sit almos'; When he hop he fly almos'. He ain't got no sense hardly;...
The Element
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything , by Ken Robinson (Viking, New York, 2009) I've written...
Food, Inc.
On June 12—tomorrow— Food, Inc . opens. As usual, we'll probably wait for the DVD, but it's definitely one I want to...
Last Child in the Woods
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder , by Richard Louv (Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill,...
For the Swiss, and Swiss-Lovers, Amongst Us
In another context, someone asked if the folks at the Front Porch Republic were Presbyterian. I spent a little time trying to...
First Cousin Twice Removed...Second Cousin Once...
I never could keep cousins straight. First cousins—the children of my parents' siblings—I understood, but I was lost...
Remembrance
You can always count on Mallard Fillmore , the only one of my favorite comics to remember.