Americans are an ignorant lot. Though pained to state this, I believe that by-and-large Americans are pretty ignorant. Ignorance does not mean “stupid,” ignorance simply means, “uninformed.” Lest you think I am above being ignorant myself, I am not. I realize I am ignorant, though, and the more I learn the more I realize…
I’m sure most people under 65 have heard of “e-learning,” are so I hope. Perhaps not; “electronic learning,” or “e-learning,” refers to the use of technology for providing educational content. Not the same as “distance learning.” That, too, is a child of e-learning. Think of e-learning as an umbrella held by a parent. Distance…
My new tattoo says, "through wisdom, strength." Only through questioning, wondering, researching with open minds can society overcome those elements that seek to undermine our lives. We have to release our egos, biases, judgments, and notions, let them go. As we distance ourselves from these hobgoblins, we can then see them for what they really…
The Diane Rehm Show aired a broadcast this morning about the cost of Higher Education (HE). I struggled to listen as the guests seemed woefully inadequate to address the complete picture of the costs of Higher Education. The editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education (Jeffrey Selingo), Claudia Dreifus, an author and instructor from Columbia…
In my traditionally taught course, I made the comment that subsidies/price controls hurt the poor. A reply to that comment inquired how subsidies hurt the poor. Weren’t subsidies designed to help farmers? My reply was, absolutely, subsidies or price controls especially help local farmers. Actually, the USDA may refer to these as “price controls.” However,…
The Department of Government Law and International Affairs at Murray State University hosted Mr. Abed Awad on Thursday night, March 24th, 2011. Mr. Awad is an internationally recognized American lawyer specializing in Islamic law, with degrees from Rutgers and Pace International School of Law, among others. The invitation to Mr. Awad was extended in order…
> http://blogs.census.gov/censusblog/ One of the best ways to learn about the United States is too look at Census Statistics, or to look at U.S.A Trade data. Why do we call the region south of the Ohio River the Bible Belt? How do we know people are moving to the Southwest? If you want to live…
> The 8.9 magnitude earthquake centered off the northeast coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu, has been predicted to happen for at least a decade. The map at right (courtesy United States Geological Survey) illustrates the epicenter of the most significant earthquake to affect Japan in a century. The pink lines indicate the boundaries where…
>Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup, says that the United States needs to get ready to be Number 3 in the world, economically speaking. Don’t come after me, email him. It is inevitable, though. Let’s run some numbers. Population of the United States: …. 310,000,000 people Population of China: ………………1,400,000,000 people Population of India: ……………….1,100,000,000…
> That is a silly question. Any person that suggests that unions and Democracy cannot co-exist needs to explain himself/herself. I guess I better get started …` Unions were born out of the abominable conditions created by corporations that had more interests in money than ensuring that their workers were safe and paid decent wages.…
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