By Sheldon Greaves One of the legendary minds of the 20th century whose work will continue to enlighten the current century is R. Buckminster Fuller. “Bucky” as he preferred to be called was not only remarkable for the prodigious output … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves There is an assumption that lies behind much of the opposition to efforts by people of good will to provide aid and support to people who find themselves in tight economic times. That myth is that if … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves For a long time we’ve heard about how newspapers are disappearing; even back in the Seventies I heard speculation that computers would give us all our news. The election of Donald Trump saw a surge in subscriptions … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves It’s something we all heard in graduate school, those of us who were in some kind of humanities or liberal arts program: employers love liberal arts graduates. They are looking for people who can communicate, express themselves … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: What most Americans don’t quite grasp about the Mueller investigation is that it is a counterintelligence investigation. It is directed at uncovering and removing a hostile foreign asset in our government. This is a difficult concept to wrap … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves With the release last Friday of the Fourth National Climate Assessment came Trump’s predictable denial of the science behind it, and the equally predictable (and justifiable) exasperation expressed by anyone with even a moderate knowledge of the … Continue reading
It has always amazed me how one of the signature holidays in the U.S., Thanksgiving, has somehow managed to evade the level of commercialization that accompanies its more gaudy sibling, Christmas. There is some level of consumerism, of course, and … Continue reading
By Sheldon It is not much of an exaggeration to note that the current immigration crisis in which children, even infants, are being stripped away from their parents whose crime is only seeking asylum, is one of the darker chapters … Continue reading
By Sheldon Not long ago the web was abuzz with the news that a judge had ordered EPA Director Scott Pruitt to disclose the climate science behind his claims that deny accepted science on global warming. Scientific American (“Judge Orders … Continue reading
by Sheldon Greaves There have been several excellent posts on the net recently about the problems facing higher education, and some of the reasons why things have deteriorated. Debra Leigh Scott’s excellent summary, “How The American University was Killed, in … Continue reading