Impossible dreams for a new year?

Legislators engage in dialogue, not bluster. Personal gadgets become our slaves, not our masters. Parents bestow love and support, not just money and things. Corporations fill needs, not create them. News sources inform, not inflame.  

Global Health Success?

According to Tina Rosenberg of the New York Times, the book Getting Better by the economist Charles Kenny argues that measuring quality of life improvements in developing countries by income level and economic growth rate misses the point. We should not minimize a society’s dramatic improvements in health, education, gender equality, security and human rights

Spoiler Movie Titles

11 Angry Men and a Level-Headed Architect   It’s a Wonderful Life…for Everyone but Uncle Billy

Sharing Lou Groen’s Fish Tale

Last night, while having a post-game snack, I got to share the story of Lou Groen with my daughter-in-law’s family. He graduated in 1935 from the high school my kids went to. Lou Groen invents the Filet-O-Fish Fish That Catches People

How do you measure the height of a mountain?

The Old Way: Stand at a known distance from the mountain. Measure the angle from where you are on the ground to the peak. Triangulate the vertical height of the mountain. The New Way: Climb to the top and plant a GPS receiver. Determine—to within a centimeter—the elevation of the receiver relative to an orbiting

POTUS

Thrilled to be able to photograph a current President for the first time. Even more so because he is easily the coolest President we’ve ever had–at least in my lifetime.