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Universities are winsome, dappled, pathetic things. Their two main constituents, students and professors, are cute and idealistic. They worry about...

Thanks to Stephen for offering The Natural Step's definition of sustainability. It's a good tool for focusing your (my) thinking...

As direct operating subsidies are losing ground against our expenses, and becoming increasingly tenuous as tax revenues drop, we're turning...

So we were at the farmers market early in the morning before preschool and my son asked me if he...

Our friends at Featherproof Books, one of the most innovative new presses going, have a grand deal for you: They've...

So far my sabbatical is not what I expected. I thought I’d stare for hours at a blank computer screen...

The scene: an organizational meeting of the junior lego league, in the elementary school cafeteria. We're sitting at the picnic-table-style...

I do a lot of writing in the shower. Well, no, not actually writing things down on waterproof paper or...