By Sheldon Greaves I was just made aware (hat tip to Peter MIller) about an excellent blog post with some very good ground rules for evaluating big stories that are just in the process of breaking. Considering how bad the … Continue reading
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By Sheldon Greaves Frequent readers of this blog will know that I can get rather passionate about science and science education. I suppose it has much to do with being raised in the halcyon days of the Space Race, when … Continue reading
On November 24th, Sony Pictures Entertainment had their cybernetic head handed to them by a shadowy group known only as “Guardians of Peace.” This past year has seen numerous attacks on various major companies, with embarrassing data breaches resulting in … Continue reading
It’s long past time that I describe an extended experiment in group learning conducted over the last few years. The setting was Christ Church Episcopal in Portola Valley, California, where my spouse and I were Scholars in Residence, conducting seminars … Continue reading
Attn: Interested Parties Living in the Bay Area: An introductory evening class on reading New Testament Greek is forming, to begin in early July. This class will run for five weeks and give students a basic preparation for further study … Continue reading
By Sheldon One of the most useful learning experiences of my high school days was when I took an English class that required us to read several (somewhat) current novels and evaluate them. Up to that point, I had generally … Continue reading
The recent revelations of NSA warrantless data collection is of interest mostly because one has to wonder why so many people seem surprised about this. It wasn’t a matter of reading tea leaves or anything, it was right out there … Continue reading
Yesterday evening we went to see Bay Choral Guild’s latest offering, this time a program of American works from the days of the Revolution through the 20th Century. A very enjoyable program. Composition is not only of concern to the … Continue reading
By Sheldon Over the weekend I ran across a very interesting interview with Noam Chomsky on the future of democracy and education in the 21st century. Chomsky is one of America’s leading intellectuals, but on matters of education he … Continue reading
After a very, very long hiatus involving lots of futzing around and a steeper learning curve than I wanted, I’ve managed to move Cogito! from it’s original home on a friend of mine’s server to a new hosting service, such … Continue reading