Cultural Cataracts
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.
parenting, education, society, culture
2004 Election. No one wins.
Posted on Nov 2, 2004 | Last Updated May 15, 2006
Why the Mandate is anything but.
Bush, Kerry, Election
Human ability and prejudice
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
Prejudice is a part of our world fading, but never quickly enough.
sexism, racism, prejudice
A Day at the Dentist
Posted on Nov 25, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A weird and horrific story about a trip to the dentist gone wrong.
day dentist, dentist horror, dentist fiction
The most important things
Posted on Apr 27, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Putting human struggles and value into perspective.
donna olson. stroke, illness, hope fatalism
Educational Drop-Outs
Posted on Feb 9, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Observations on high school drop-outs and society.
education, high school drop-outs,
Near and Nearer
Posted on Apr 12, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Images of small things, and then closer looks at those things.
macro photography, closeup photos
Reflections and Infections
Posted on Jul 10, 2018 | Last Updated Jul 10, 2018
An essay about the need for more philosophy (love of wisdom) in an age of growing xenophobia.
wisdom, philosopher, leaders, tyrants
