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Saturday, the Washington Post finally published the news that George Will has been intentionally misinforming his readers on the topic...
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Spring Break 2009
Some of my students may be joshin’ me; they all insist they’re going home to study, eat a few good...
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THE POND GONE BLACK
Go wrap Your head in the snowy rivers Of the Brooks Range. And that's what Nicholas Hughes did. His father...
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Dodging Bullets and Crying Wolf
I'll admit that this can be filed under 'good' problems. That said, it's still a problem. Between extraordinarily good work...
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Addenda
Two quick postscripts to finish out the week. After Wednesday's post about the shape of knowledge, I found mention of...
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Math Geek Mom: Degrees of Separation
You may have heard of the concept of “six degrees of separation”. Made popular by a movie and a parlor...
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After Transfer
A few months ago I mentioned a conversation with a contact at a respected private university who mentioned that her...
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First, you play the Shell game
Sustainability, as any cause, has its wild-eyed fundamentalists. True believers who know, in their souls, the one true path to...