CRACK DOWN ON CELL PHONES
Australia is the first country in the world to significantly crack down on cell phone use by young people, and many parents and governments in …
PALINDROME
Palindrome is a word I had forgotten all about until I read the following example. Most palindromes are short because writing one involves a great …
BRAIN DRAIN
The phrase “Brain Drain” usually refers to the migration of the intellectual elite of one place to another place. This is often driven by deteriorating …
A BETTER FOG TRAP
A few years ago, I published a blog called “A Better Fog Trap”. It was a story of a simple solution, developed by local communities, …
RUDYARD KIPLING
Rudyard Kipling is a name that is well-known to anyone growing up in the U.K. but, perhaps, not so well-known to anyone growing up in …
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Trump has promised to eliminate the Department of Education. In 1786, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a colleague about public education: “NO OTHER SURE FOUNDATION …
HISPANIC HERITAGE
“I am an American with Hispanic heritage”. That was a response from someone living close to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, who was …
BEGINNING IN 1943
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, …
TRUMP AND PUERTO RICO – AN OPPORTUNITY
Trump and Puerto Rico – an opportunity. Having devoted a significant portion of my life to Puerto Rico, living and working there for over forty …
RETURN TO THE FOREST
Return to the forest sounds like a call for indigenous species of animals to return to their traditional habitat. That is true of this story …