it’s time for me to call it a summer and head back to school. as my thoughts turn to my classroom, i’m humbled by the importance of the work we teachers do. yet, i’m also proud of the magic that…
manufacturing reality: crash course: check yourself with lateral reading (14 min video) crash course: using wikipedia (14 min video) think you can spot fake news? take this quiz. fareed zakaria what in the world: fake news – youtube (fake video…
some fundamentals: a good start for any citizen or journalist to begin exploring… jefferson newspapers v. government fact or fiction: 8 teded & tedtalks (fake news, filter bubbles, bad science & stats) democracy depends on a free press 6 principals…
“point and click” i recently entered a brave new world, not feet first, but fingers first. they were resting on my computer keyboard and they were trembling terribly. i was about to push the button that would delete my uncle…
how’s this for a rude awakening? the other morning i was in the kids’ room as my son was waking up. he did one of those great morning stretches where his toes pushed against the slat of the bunk bed…
ethics: what’s the right thing to do? intro readings: ethics intro – questions-topics-myth of gyges seductive propaganda- science and ethics ethics -lifeboat -william brown the right thing to do – rachels quotes on religion other readings: book of questions confessions…
about a year after we moved to blooming prairie, our mailbox was smashed, along with about fifteen others, during a round of what i believe the kids call “mailbox baseball.” i was moved enough by the incident to put my…
what do we mean by “i know”? claims to knowledge knowledge and belief – mini-assignment the basis for knowledge (man is the measure, abel ch. 2) what’s up with this “justified true belief” stuff? belief & truth – justified true…
welcome! welcome to our senior seminar page. i hope you’re ready to think differently about… well… just about everything! we’re going to ask, “what do we know & how do we know that we know it?” essentially, we’re going to…
i’m sharing some belated father’s day reflections this week because i was out of town for the paternal celebration. fortunately, i was with my kids, and they got to see their grandfathers during our brief family vacation, which made me…