A Promising Start When I first picked up a pickleball paddle, I was looking for something simple: light exercise, a few laughs, and maybe a chance to meet some like-minded folks. The game seemed perfect—easy to learn, low-impact, and everywhere you turned, someone was singing its praises. My wife and I started at about the…
The Masters Edition Introduction: The Augusta Mystique… or Myth? Every April, millions of us plop down in front of our screens, mesmerized by Augusta National’s emerald fairways, blooming azaleas, and the soothing hum of Jim Nantz telling us it’s “a tradition unlike any other.” But let’s be honest—beneath all that beauty lies a hard truth…
One of the benefits of having been around so long and having a couple of business adventures in the past is that I run across material I forgot was there. Every once in a while, I do l review some of the material that is archived in my history files. This is the case today…
Are we finally going to catch up to The Jetsons from 50 or 60 years ago? “Rosie the Robot,” which first aired on September 23, 1962, featured a robot maid who did housework and served as a personal assistant. Fast forward 61 years, and we are inching closer to this futuristic vision with emerging products from Figure…
When Sci-Fi Satire Meets Real-Life Asteroids So, here we are. Again. Humanity faces an existential threat from space, and—just like in the 2021 satirical film Don’t Look Up—we’re probably going to spend more time arguing about it on social media than actually doing something useful. NASA is currently tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a…
Here is another article from Big Think. Most of what Ehan Siegal writes is consistent with my own views. A short synopsis is below but here are some headlines. In order to be successful as a society, we have to commit to working together, collectively, for the common good of all of us, including investing…
My last few posts were pretty heavy stuff. So it is time to lighten up a bit. We just moved into March and today the weather is abnormal at just under 70 degrees. Tomorrow we are supposed to get snow. Thus a typical March which is usually all mixed up. (I drafted this on Saturday…
How to Fix History Education and Make Real Change Introduction: Why Fixing History Education Feels Impossible—And Why It’s Not If reforming history education feels like trying to move a mountain with a spoon, you’re not alone. The system is deeply entrenched, tangled in bureaucracy, politics, and competing ideologies. Schools answer to local, state, and federal…
Recommendations for History Education in a Diverse World Introduction So, how do we actually implement a history curriculum that strikes this balance? That’s the big question. We don’t need a complete overhaul—what we need is a smarter, more nuanced approach that respects foundational achievements while making space for diverse perspectives. The goal is to educate…
Balancing Tradition and Inclusivity Part 1 Introduction History education isn’t just about memorizing dates and events—it’s about understanding how we got here, what shaped our world, and what lessons we can learn from the past. And let’s face it, the way history is taught has always been a bit of a battlefield. Some argue that…
1960s vs. 2020s .In looking at history and how it has a tendency to repeat, I posted an article looking a the 20s a century apart but with glaring similarities. In this article, I look at two decades separated by 60 years but with similarities as well. Having lived through the 60s which was a…
