Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Choices.
“Our most important decision in life is our choice of parents.” Brilliant. A good friend and colleague just gave birth...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Kepler-22B…not the panacea for our problems here on Earth.
“The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Shakespeare…21st century style.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The latest buzz?
…goes by the name zenana. According to an article in this morning’s Washington Post, that’s a middle Eastern word loosely...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
It’s December… and Santa (Ana)’s coming to town.
Wednesday morning my wife went out to Los Angeles to visit her mother. When she called on Thursday, she said,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Some reflections on leadership…
…prompted by Sally Jenkins’ fine piece this morning on the front page of the Washington Post, entitled, When it comes...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Preoccupied with report cards? The Arctic gets one too.
On campuses around the nation, the fall semester is drawing to a close. For students, and also for their faculties,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Dam, dam, dam, dam…
In the musical My Fair Lady, Henry Higgins introduces one the show’s most popular tunes – I’ve grown accustomed to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Climate (Policy) Adaptation
This morning’s Washington Post contained two articles that caught my eye. Both should be interesting to readers of this blog....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
China’s (viral) big idea.
Yesterday’s post, and many others on this blog, have touched on the subject of China and its future role in...
