Learning Anytime, Anywhere

Happy village girl using laptop with mother, brother and grandfa

Almost a half century ago, John W. Gardner, President Lyndon Johnson’s Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (the precursor to the now separate Departments of Education and Health and Human Services) said, “The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual … [Read more...]

Our Economic Fantasies

Bursting the Financial Bubble

The seemingly endless debates about budgets, deficits, and debts could easily create the impression that, if only the politicians could get their act together and agree, we could somehow get out of this mess. If only that were true, but it’s not. In truth, our own economic fantasies contribute … [Read more...]

Killing Osama Bin Laden’s Legacy

Freedom

A friend of mine was driving with his 9-year old daughter, listening to the news about Osama bin Laden's death on the radio, when this exceptionally precocious girl said: "What a tragedy that we had to kill someone to fix a problem." Out of the mouths of babes. Much has been written about the … [Read more...]