This has been a week from Stupidville. Let’s see if I can describe the situation. I’ll need to describe events and motivations leading up to the recent controversy, and the immediate results and subsequent modifications I have had to make in order to make one of the institutions I am employed by happy. As always,…
Below, is the full transcript of a recent posting I made to my Announcements page which supports my World Geography course. Enjoy. “Part of the goal of this course is make you realize you won the lottery by living in the United States. We have two oceans on either side of us which afford us…
Governments are often criticized for working towards the goal of keeping their citizens ignorant. “We will tell you all you need to know.” Or, “It’s a matter of national security. We cannot tell you why. Its on a need-to-know basis.” In Russia, the Putin regime essentially controls the media. Russia is one of the least…
The argument posited by politicians about about moving abroad only helping Mexico or China is a too common misconception. Ask yourself why companies move. Moves are not merely about labor, but labor is part of the equation. Labor costs are one of the few factors a company has control over. To keep costs down and…
“Rise to Globalism. American Foreign Policy Since 1938.” Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley. Penguin Books. 2011. $18. If you have no reading experience in American foreign policy you could read Brinkley’s recent edited edition and have a pretty good notion of foreign policy issues faced by the United States over the last 75…
My musing are not going to cover any ideas concerning a U.S. citizen traveling abroad to gain a degree, or to work towards a degree. No, my musings have to do with foreign students who come to the United States with a degree already in hand from their home country. Degrees conferred by Western European…
To understand the cultural, social, and political complexity of the United States thinking of North America as an “island” often helps. As I typed that statement I also wonder if another Thought Model (allegory) might be better, that of a watchtower along the perimeter of a prison yard, with the United States being the watchtower,…
The United States will always need local manufacturing. But, we do need a new manufacturing philosophy and new economic plans for continued success. Our current manufacturing environment continues to support labor practices and strategies which are still firmly rooted in early 20th century labor sentiments. We will never hold our own against other countries if…
The New York Times has a cool article on Meteorology. The article is chock-full of good information, from the education required to analyze weather and climate, challenges faced in forecasting, the supercomputers used in forecasting, and some statistics on the improvement of forecasting and especially warning systems. Meteorology requires a ghastly amount of computer power.…
Bow Echo Thunderstorm systems are exciting :^) This is a screenshot taken on an iPad using the Intellicast app and which I have annotated using Paint.Net. Bow Echo thunderstorm systems for quickly and move fast. They form from large differences in pressure between the surface and winds aloft creating wind shear. Bow Echo thunderstorms can…
Constant Geography 
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