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Bezos, Branson, and The Importance of Ingenuity

I’m rather bemused by the pundits and politicians who are exercising their supposed moral high ground as they chastise Jeff

27 Jul

What is the essence of good writing? There isn’t one “essence” as good writing is simply, well, good writing. The author is

02 Jun

Rome. The very name conjures up images of golden cuirass clad men riding painted horses as they enter the city to the cheers

01 Jun

What have we done? Maybe more precisely, what are we doing? We, especially those of us in the academic world, have allowed

20 May

“Let the blood of traitors flow. That is the only way to save the country.” Those words were spoken by Jean Paul Marat during

24 Mar

Sometimes when we think of the past we look at it in a prism. We rarely see the figures or times we’re studying for what they

03 Feb

It’s always at the expense of something else. Always. Each decision we make, each relationship we begin or end, every

25 Jan

Unless your in your 80’s or maybe late 70’s, you don’t remember the Army-McCarthy trials. My guess is you don’t remember

21 Jan

The recent statements of author Padma Venkatraman regarding using classic texts such as Shakespeare in the modern classroom

08 Jan

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec