When I get intoxicated, I usually turn into a philosopher and a huge pedagogue. After six shots of hard liquor, I can solve the world’s problems. The things is: it makes folks uncomfortable. I haven’t found a lot of folks who genuinely like talking politics, even though it impacts their daily lives. Tonight, I was [...]

From (http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16109922.htm?source=rss&channel=krwashington_nation) Michael Doyle of the McClatchy Newspapers: The Bush administration pleased farmers and frustrated environmentalists Monday by declaring that pesticides can be sprayed into and over waters without first obtaining special permits. The reason? Capitalism, of course, that which always wins over life. “We need to act fast to stop mosquitoes when they are [...]

My Seminar course is utlizing WebCT Vista this semester, which, as their website boasts, … provides a state-of-the-art teaching and learning environment that streamlines course management for faculty, offers capabilities to help improve student outcomes, and creates powerful efficiencies institution-wide. Now, I don’t know much about the statistics of “improved student outcomes” or exactly how [...]

I’m on a mailing list with my university’s education department. One of the emails I received this morning was written by a person who had the following as their signature: We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different [...]