Perspectives of a Lifelong Learner
I got that urge to write. What is it anyway? I just need to write. Write about what? Write about whom? When does my Pulitzer Prize winning epiphany vault me to the book signing circuit? I know I know. I really need to get a grip. I don’t even have the subject let alone a... Continue Reading →
"And, therefore, the educated citizen has a special obligation to encourage the pursuit of learning, to promote exploration of the unknown, to preserve the freedom of inquiry, to support the advancement of research, and to assist at every level of government the improvement of education for all Americans, from grade school to graduate school" John... Continue Reading →
As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies--Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s "Since the 2010 election of Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin and Governor Mark Dayton in Minnesota, lawmakers in these two neighboring states have enacted vastly different policy agendas. Governor Walker... Continue Reading →
Make sure to turn on the volume!! https://youtu.be/RIz3klPET3o
Well, he's at it again. This time it is only three Californias. Tim Draper, the billionaire Bay Area venture capitalist, announced that his initiative to break California into three separate states had gotten more than 600,000 signatures from registered voters across all 58 counties, surpassing the 365,880 signatures required to get his initiative on the... Continue Reading →
"This is localism, a bottom-up, practically oriented way of looking at today’s biggest policy dilemmas. Instead of always or only seeking to fix municipal issues through national policy, localism suggests that communities can and should find solutions to their own particular problems, within their own particular contexts." Gracy Olmstead https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/localism-partisanship-local-politics.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share ... Continue Reading →
Where Have All the Friends Gone? An Open Conversation with Myself "Now What" is right--Even going over this time after time are you really ready? It isn't that you didn't prepare, or so you thought. You had it all figured out. The closer you got to pulling the plug on 40 years of meritocracy the... Continue Reading →
In all deference to Elon Musk and the men and women at Tesla, this is my next vehicle!!! Having just returned from China I can verify that the horror stories of air pollution are true if not understated. It is reminiscent of LA in the sixties and seventies and may be as bad as London... Continue Reading →
For those of you, especially in the public service, that have not become acquainted with the Civitas Project I would suggest you do so. Developed and driven by Larry Arrington, the Civitas Project is a private, non-profit corporation in strategic alliance with Stetson University, its Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience and its Center for Community... Continue Reading →
"In effect, UW-SP is cutting the heart out of its educational mission in order to prepare for the future. (Note that English, history and sociology will continue only as transactional majors.)" Willard Dix ... Continue Reading →
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