Monthly Archives: April 2012

Love and Light in the Midwest

Somewhere on the slightly more reputable end of the spectrum of jocular and abusive nicknames for courses ─ nicer than “Rocks for Jocks” and “Cowboy Calculus” ─ lies that general education standard “Physics for Poets”. The term does capture in … Continue reading

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Things Are Connected

If you look up “garrison cap” in Wikipedia, you’ll find the article is illustrated with a photograph of Omar Bradley, the very capable World War II general, wearing one. The garrison cap is the front-to-back, bill-less headgear we see so … Continue reading

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The Moral Hazard of Reading

Analysts of the economic debacle of recent memory (and continuing experience) have acquainted us with the concept of moral hazard. It seemed to me early on that the idea was being used to fix blame on people who had succumbed … Continue reading

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Do Not Push (or Do?)

The back flap of the bed of a dump truck is mounted on a pair of hinges that connect its upper corners with the rear upper corners of the sides of the bed. There is a locking mechanism at the … Continue reading

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So Many Different People in the Same Device

Within Phi Beta Kappa’s purpose of advancing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, the Society administers several programs designed to perpetuate the philanthropy of legators, among them the Romanell Lectureship in Philosophy. Patrick Romanell was a Phi Beta Kappa … Continue reading

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