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  • November 27, 2013
    “As the proverb says, men cannot know each other until they have eaten salt together.” –Aristotle We don’t need the…
  • November 26, 2013
    Worries continue over the FDA implementation of new food safety regulations. Small farmers may face debilitating regulations, although the FDA…
  • November 25, 2013
    I discuss frequently with my Intro to American Government classes what current redistributive policies are likely to mean for them.…
  • November 25, 2013
    Every morning when I would shuffle to our refrigerator to lug out the gallon of milk for cereal, or after…
  • November 21, 2013
    The Black Friday shopping binge starts earlier still this year. On a less depressing note, these study results tell something…
  • November 20, 2013
    These people will also discover the seemingly insignificant conventions their predecessors have destroyed. Things like this: When it is proper…
  • November 19, 2013
    Over at Urbanplains Magazine is this interesting piece on the disappearance of small, urban towns. It's one of the catastrophes…
  • November 19, 2013
    Earlier this week the first federal challenge of NSA surveillance opened. At this point in the proceedings, the main question…
  • November 14, 2013
    This Monday was Veterans Day, prompting this intriguing piece, which examines flaws in the public's perception of veterans and in…
  • November 13, 2013
    Penelope (to Telemachus): “If really he is Odysseus, truly home, beyond all doubt we two shall know each other better…
  • November 12, 2013
    The Stanford professor who debunked the myth of effective multitasking, Clifford Nass, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on November…
  • November 6, 2013
    ‘You, herdsman, and you, too, swineherd… Would you be men enough to stand by Odysseus if he came back?