Discipline in School
A strict look at the need for strong discipline in the classroom.
J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center turns 40
History of the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center, a refuge for many children and teenagers in the Hilltop, a community on the West Side of Columbus, Ohio. Story from in the Columbus Messenger Newspapers for April 29, 2002 by staff writer Shawn Olson.
Education in Debt
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.
Creative Arts
Essay on creative arts and the true value of art and creativity.
Cultural Cataracts
A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.
Protest and Support
War protestors and supporters both have serious flaws in their arguments.
A bankrupt soul
A poem on inner emptiness that comes with a single-minded obsession with materialism.
A Call for Reason
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
Reviewing the Slate
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
The Public Disdain for Science
An essay about common public opinion towards science.
