Perspectives
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...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Ozone treaties, U.S. fiscal irresponsibility, and the Euro: three threads, intertwined
Inside the first section of today’s Washington Post? An article by Juliet Eilperin, who reports that India and China have...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
November 25.
When you and I are tempted to think that extremes are aberrations of nature, suspensions of the natural order of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thanksgiving Day reflections
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Psalm 118:24...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving
“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility…The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein...
