Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Blowing the levee…as American as apple pie.
“There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Rafting fire ants: role models for surviving troubled times
There’s nothing like a great scientific detection story. But a great bit of scientific sleuthing that also carries an embedded...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tornadoes! Now coming to a city near you…
As I write this, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham are reeling from earlier blows today. Huntsville is hunkered down. The DC area...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Vive le différence!
Day 3 of the AMS Washington Forum? It’s all about making a difference, through the mastery of “difference.” Huh? What...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on the AMS Washington Forum
Day 1 of the AMS Washington Forum provides a look at where things stand – with the Congress and with...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The butterfly effect … and this week’s AMS Washington Forum
Google the phrase “butterfly effect,” and you’ll learn this term describes sensitivity to initial conditions in chaotic systems. A little...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Guessing Games (remember Battleship?), Tornadoes, and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Today St. Louis suffers, but breathes a sigh of relief. Last night a storm moving through the area spawned high...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting real…about Earth Day
Today is Earth Day! Lots to think and talk about, but before we dive in, just out of curiosity…at what...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
April 21, 2011, and all is well…
Living on the real world is getting tough. Resource extraction is more difficult. The rate of habitat loss, reduction in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the Real World…but longing for the Garden
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said,...
