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Fixing the BCS Title Game

Posted on January 7, 2011 by David

photo credit: avinashkunnath It’s time to set the record straight on the difference between the best BCS football programs and the best non-BCS football programs in response to the ill-advised and self-serving comments of Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. … Continue reading →

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A Failed Crisis?

Posted on September 11, 2010 by David

I would bet that almost all the people who have read The Fourth Turning have wondered at one time or another whether 9/11 was our nation’s crisis as predicted in that book. I know that I read somewhere that the … Continue reading →

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Minorities That Matter

Posted on May 28, 2010 by David

photo credit: More Than Maths Last week I received a new donor card from the Red Cross and a letter to go with it. The letter contained an interesting statistic that the Red Cross receives a large majority of their … Continue reading →

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Addressing the Symptoms

Posted on May 14, 2010 by David

photo credit: sigma. As if to prove the point I made in my last post about passing out casts and crutches, the Seattle Post Intelligencer this week published an essay from Brad Soliday, a teacher in eastern Washington, where he … Continue reading →

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Limiting Politics

Posted on May 12, 2010 by David

photo credit: RSzepan Over the course of six years of writing online I have been asked why I focus so much on political issues and not so much on promoting a moral society. I think it’s a great question and … Continue reading →

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