I read an article today entitled “The World Reponds to Obama’s Victory“. The author, Wes Granberg-Michaelson, travelled to Geneva the afternoon of the elections. On the plane, the results were announced to rousing cheers. Upon landing, he was continually congratulated on this victory for America. I spent the 10 days immediately prior to the election… Continue reading The World’s View of America
A letter to NPR, read during today’s “Morning Edition”, responded to recent reports by NPR that seemed to emphasize that this past presidential election was about race, something the listener felt was inaccurate. Indeed, yesterday a mock edition of the New York Times (online version at: http://www.nytimes-se.com/) was distributed that forecasted an America next July… Continue reading Obama’s Election and Racism
On June 22 7 scouts, another adult adviser, and I departed Champaign for Cimmaron, New Mexico and Philmont Scout Ranch as crew 724-K. August 6 we returned to Champaign. In between, we drove 2,382 miles, we backpacked 62 miles (itinerary 6), and hiked another 10-20 miles. From a base camp at 6500′ we hiked to… Continue reading What I did on my summer vacation: Philmont 2008
Prior to the introduction of a service learning final project within the course “Introduction to Networked Systems”, students completed a final project in which they were asked to be consultants for a fictional public library. Students were assigned to one of several teams, each of which were to provide recommendations to the library board (their… Continue reading Service-learning and community relationships
My friend Brad Watkins turned me on to John Jakes’ The Kent Family Chronicles. Books one and two are an historical fiction of events leading into, and during, the American Revolution. It’s been a great reminder of the sacrifices made by so many during the 1770’s and 80’s to establish our freedoms that we enjoy.… Continue reading The Gift of Freedom
