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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...
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...
Addenda
Two quick postscripts to finish out the week. After Wednesday's post about the shape of knowledge, I found mention of...
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...
After Transfer
A few months ago I mentioned a conversation with a contact at a respected private university who mentioned that her...
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...
The Myth of the Online Cash Cow
According to a new survey from the League for Innovation in the Community College, enrollments are, in fact, increasing at...
Long Distance Mom: Solving Journalism's Mess
Journalism is in crisis. Or, to be more specific, the funding for journalism is in crisis. What does this have...