“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no
religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear
of punishment and hope of reward after death.”
–Albert Einstein
Twenty-five years ago Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon because Lennon was “a
celebrity.” The [...]
Nixon II: Electric Bugaloo.
(just keeps gettin’ deeper.)
Having been a student and an instructor at both small, private colleges and large, state-funded research institutions, I have found the following guidelines, while not guarantees, keys to succeeding in higher education:
1. Go to class. Sure, you’ll have some huge classes in which you’ll not be missed, but those actually constitute a minority of the [...]
Diane Ackerman defines pain as more a matter of culture and tradition than of physical sensation caused by nerve stimulation. She writes of the way a fakir’s flesh begins to sear and cook as he walks across hot coals and the fact that soccer players don’t feel their injuries until after the game ends. In [...]