Category Archives: Education
Welcome to “Irononomics”: Eat More Cheese! No, Wait- Eat Less Cheese!
Urged on by government warnings about saturated fat, Americans have been moving toward low-fat milk for decades, leaving a surplus of whole milk and milk fat. Yet the government, through Dairy Management, is engaged in an effort to find ways … Continue reading
It’s Not Extraterrestrial Life, But They Found More Earths
If there are more rocky small planets out there then it seems more likely that there’s life out there too. – Dr. Andrew Howard, University of California, Berkeley Humans have always deluded themselves into believing that Earth’s are the only … Continue reading
Smallbean Video Network Program: Better Framing Means Better Farming
If the promise of social networking is coming true anywhere, it’s in the Third World and developing nations that the non-profit organization Smallbean is operating. They are helping people use cameras, computers, and other gizmos to communicate their way out … Continue reading
Marketing Higher Education: Yelling- With Reason and Integrity
I’m not going to complain about colleges’ costly and time-consuming campaigns into mass marketing. A chunk of my income comes from one such campaign. But when I see missteps like Drake University’s “D+” campaign, I have to wonder how smart … Continue reading
Digital Diddling vs. Natural Noodling; Studying How Nature and Technology Change Our Brains
“Music has charms to soothe the savage breast” is what playwright William Congreve wrote in 1697. But what do cell phones, computers, video games, and other techno-distractors do to us and can Nature reverse the ill effects of technomania or … Continue reading
Obesity Epidemic Grows, Outdoor Activity Shrinks; Nature is Not “Cool”- It’s Everything
“What’s the purpose in going hiking? You just go up a mountain and then down.” Logan resident Evelin Cornejo, 17 Utah is one of the best places for outdoor and Nature recreation. It’s the major reason I moved here. As … Continue reading
Sarah Palin’s “Language” Proves the Only People More Stupid are Her Supporters; Searching for the Rover Back
English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! – Sarah Palin The impossible-yet-probable standard bearer of the Republican Party continues to astound the world by being even more ignorant than her predecessor, … Continue reading
iPad Impact on Me: It’s All Good- When You Have a Stake in It
The rage over iPad is great for Apple and great for those of us who produce content for the Web. Of course, it also brings out all the pro-PC, anti-Jobs legions who share their pain in anguished forums and chat … Continue reading
Death of the “News” Stand: When You Read About Sandra Bullock, Tiger Woods, The Terrorists Win
I like to read on the plane while I’m on the road either for pleasure or business. I don’t like talking to most strangers, I can’t sleep, it’s too loud to enjoy music, and eating just makes you fat. I … Continue reading
Texas History Book Fantasy: America Now Truly a Dream
Thomas Jefferson no longer included among writers influencing the nation’s intellectual origins. Jefferson, a deist who helped pioneer the legal theory of the separation of church and state, is not a model founder in the board’s judgment. Among the intellectual forerunners … Continue reading
