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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...