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Balancing the Passionate With the Mundane
The title of my honours thesis was “Religiosity and Neuroticism’s Effects on Death Anxiety.” Really? I suppose there isn’t any...
Conserving happiness
Two recent pieces came together in my mind this afternoon. The first, published in Grist, contains economist Stephen DeCanio's prescription...
Catching up with May
The month of May has been terrifically busy for me. I moved 3,000 miles from Corvallis, Oregon to Columbia, South...
Literacy in the Digital Age: Part IV
Higher education faces a combination of challenges today. First and foremost, the concept that education is a public good is...
Mothering at Mid-Career: A First
There hasn’t been a whole lot of “mothering” talk on this blog lately — both because I’ve been busy with...
Other Parents
“But Joey’s parents let him play Call of Duty!” Sigh. We’ve hit the age at which our biggest parenting obstacle...
Living In 'The Company Town'
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy by Hardy Green. I live in...
"Higher Education Sucks, But My College is Great!"
It’s a commonplace that Americans hate Congress, but love their individual Representatives. Some of that has to do with the...
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