I Need a Hand…and Your Eyes
A professor friend used to explain the idea of chi to his Oriental philosophy students in this way: There is the path and there is the ditch.If you’re not on…
Avoiding Deadlines
Deadline is an interesting word. It was created during the American Civil War by the horrifically cruel Confederate Army officer Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, who ran the prison in Andersonville, Georgia.…
What Would Future Me Do?
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. If so, then the cement between those paving stones is the tired disappointment we feel with ourselves when we…
A College Degree is Literally a Matter of Life and Death
This post, the first in a series, focuses on the paper Life expectancy in adulthood is falling for those without a BA degree, but as educational gaps have widened, racial…