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In February 1997 Richard Stallman published “The Right to Read” in the Communications of the ACM. The piece is a short …

I wasn’t alive when Apollo 11 reached the moon forty years ago today. I was alive for Apollo 16 and 17 but less than a year old …

I shuffled off to an early morning Citizens League meeting on Thursday to hear Alex Cirillo Jr., vice president of community relations …

Let’s see what’s been on my mind for April 2009 On education. Two interesting articles on stress and the purpose of art …

I’m an occasional visitor to the local Socrate’s Cafe discussion group. Most of the time it frustrates me. It’s …

I heard a story on All Things Considered this afternoon about a book that was returned to Washington and Lee University in Virginia, …

I’m not sure why this particular issue has begun to obsess me over the past few months. I think it’s connected to my …

I mentioned a recent study about stress and poverty earlier today. In summary, there appears to be a link between allostatic load (a …

A few weeks ago I wrote a bit about the immense amount of talent that gets wasted or ignored in the world today. I claimed that the …