- Nov 29, 2013
- 8 min
IN-CLASS ESSAY
To me, the entire grade-school situation appears, by design, impossibly fragmented. Where, more so than at school, are people and ideas...
- Nov 29, 2013
- 19 min
INQUIRY INTO TEACHER EDUCATION
Our year of teacher education has only begun and already we have been introduced to so many knowledgeable instructors, inspiring mentors,...
- Apr 2, 2013
- 3 min
WHAT A BUNCH OF WHEATGRASS
Last Sunday I walked in to my local grocery store where I was offered a sample of wheatgrass juice and some related promotional...
- Nov 11, 2012
- 7 min
LEST WE REMEMBER
Some say that Remembrance Day is a time when we get to celebrate our freedom, a freedom hard-won by the brave veterans who fought and...
- Oct 10, 2012
- 9 min
SOME KIND OF ANNIVERSARY
From: Journal 2002 The October phone bill arrived. Almost the entire bill was charges you incurred: $80 of the $98 total. When I gave you...
- Jul 8, 2012
- 8 min
I SEE WHY THEY CALLED IT A STING
So there was this news story a while back. It caught my attention as the top news item of the day on my newsfeed. The article was about...
- Mar 13, 2012
- 9 min
FUNDS
Recently I had some money I wanted to put away and, really, never think about again. I was convinced to talk to someone at my credit...
- Feb 13, 2012
- 9 min
TAKING OWNERSHIP
You may or may not have noticed that owning a car is one of the entry points to respectable society. And if you turn on the television or...
- Dec 9, 2011
- 20 min
SAMASOURCE: LIBERATING FORCE OR TROJAN HORSE
In 2008 Leila Janah, an attractive, young, globetrotting Harvard graduate founded a not-for-profit called Samasource. She introduced the...
- Nov 8, 2011
- 7 min
A COURSE IN DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION
Bob, I am willing to rewrite my proposal, to clarify and rework my project; however, I don’t know where to start. To be honest, I am...