Well, today is my wedding day, the day of my first kiss (and my bride’s also), and the start of our new life together. I’ll be back and posting again once we get back from the honeymoon… »
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Why Avoiding “Liberal” Universities, Departments, and Faculty Is Misguided
Susan Wise Bauer over at The Well-Trained Mind Blog has put together an excellent post on how many decent folks are asking the wrong questions when looking for a university or a department (either for their kids or for themselves), trying to avoid being... »
This Just In: Language Shapes the Way We Think
Language indeed shapes the way we think, says Lera Boroditsky’s article in the Wall Street Journal. For anyone with any common sense (or language training), this shouldn’t be especially surprising, but it is an interesting read nonetheless, exploring how the latest cognitive research demonstrates... »
Disappearing Middle Class in the USA
Michael Snyder’s recent Yahoo! Finance article points out quite a few disturbing trends that signal the disappearance of the middle class in the United States, as the gap between... »
Preparing for a Wedding, Teaching, and Exams Equals a Busy Time
This last month has been a wild one, from climbing Mount Hood in Oregon with a friend (as you can see from the pictures), to lots of wedding planning... »
Review of Ectaco C-Pen 20 Handheld Pen Scanner
About a month ago, I got a little device that scans printed text into my computer line-by-line. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The truth is that I got it... »
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