In early July 1985, I led about 24 University of Kansas business students on an eight-week course of study to St Andrews (Scotland) and...

Clips from the past week worth noting. Starting with a headline worth remembering. Fauci and New York Times found to be foolishly...

Having our woods cleaned was almost as great a feeling as mastering the emerald domain. In my previous post, I mentioned and showed...

More from my notes on poverty and inequality from my lecture notes and analysis. In 2011, Richard Wilkinson gave a TED talk on his theory...

What constitutes poverty? Is it a lack of income, assets, consumption or opportunity? [Leftists will argue it's the first two; real...

February 24, 2020. Ed and Paige moved the eight Lorenzi kids, aged 10 and under, to this home one mile east of the only traffic light in...

Lawrence, KS. Look at the 'back' porch at the right of this picture. There's an entrance door and above the porch is a single window. The...

Based primarily on a challenge by a Kansas colleague, in late winter 1982 I took an interview at the University of Wyoming in Laramie,...

After returning in May 1983 from a one-year visiting position at the University of Wyoming, I moved into a tiny, one-bedroom, two-floor...

February 16, 2020. After a referral from a Lawrence realtor, Betty Blitzer, a local Lawrence builder -- Mike (can't recall last name)...

February 5, 2020. My father was a classic child raised in the Depression who went to war as part of the 'greatest generation' and came...

As a high school student growing up in Eden, a prominent memory includes sitting in the west end of our forty-eight foot living room in...

At Marquette, I found another simulation, this one an environmental simulation, back when the major concerns were the coming Ice Age,...

My second significant simulation experience was the product of a relatively simple simulation written for the early Macs. It came on a...

Five visits, one perfect tree of the most unlikely of places -- Home Depot. We tried a nearby roadside cut-tree operation the night...

December 10, 2019. In front of our new Harrison home. Gaby home from UCLA. Jane drove up from her Cristo Rey job in Milwaukee. When did I...

Remember when 'back to school' meant plaid uniforms, a short drive to school, and a drop off at the school multipurpose room? Try as I...

Recent days have been milder than November, with less snow and warmer temperatures. While I joined a fitness club on Cyber Monday for...

Three years ago we were in Chile. Two years ago we were in Santa Monica. Today we are in Harrison, preparing for a Thanksgiving of...

I admit it. Retirement has been a combination of boredom and tiny, sometimes irritating details. On the latter point, the scores of tasks...