Lagblog
Hey folks. As some of you may have noticed, dagblog has become somewhat sluggish in maturity. When she was brand new, she zipped along like a peppy new sports car. But over the years, she has filled...
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I used to be proud to invite people to contribute to dagblog. Whenever I met a writer, I would encourage them to share their work here. We're not the biggest blog in the sphere, but I would boast about...
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Fall Comes to the U.P.
At the easternmost edge of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where I live, the land is low. In the deep south it would be called the low country. Here it's called the cedar swamp. Where there isn't swamp...
View ArticleWhy Should Professors Do Research?
My high school physics teacher was a fraud. He claimed to have two PhDs, but had no graduate degree of any kind and as I understand it didn't even have a BA in physics. He left in a sudden flurry a...
View ArticleHarvard's Cheating Scandal and the Failure of Mentoring
The Harvard cheating scandal has ground to something like its conclusion, with somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 students being suspendedasked to withdraw. There's been a lot of discussion, from...
View ArticleCooking in Rome: Soda Bans and the Illusion of Choice
A judge has overruled Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban, calling it "arbitrary and capricious." So New York City's ban on large sugary beverages, meaning more than 16 oz. servings, is basically dead. This is...
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Hulabaloo at the Soo
Let me just say right off that when it comes to Homeland and border security, I'm all for it. When it comes to appreciating how essential shipping is to the Great Lakes, I'm right at the head of the...
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The First Day of Summer. It’s all down hill from here. Let’s Celebrate
Where I live, at the 46th Parallel in Michigan, the sun rose this morning at 5:44. It will set at 9:29 tonight. We will have close to 16 hours of daylight today. It’s the Summer Solstice, the longest...
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Independence Day: We do Have Something to Celebrate
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair...
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No Politics Today. Fun and Games (for me) and Biz Bizness Otherwise
The grandkids are visiting and have been here for almost a week, so any attempts at writing even a semi-serious blog have been totally wasted efforts. I would much rather be with my darlings anyway,...
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