Our Week-in-Review feature has a new format. We know there's way too much to read out there already, so we're going to be highlighting the top five articles, books, websites, etc., that we've been reading or thinking about the past week. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. A Better Pencil - Inside Higher Ed interviews Dennis Baron, author of A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution. It's a history of writing … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Revolutions
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Week in Review: Ethics
Norman Borlaug's Nobel Prize Lecture - The death of Borlaug, one of the founders of the Green Revolution, sparked numerous tributes (NY Times, WSJ, Guardian). Gregg Easterbrook in the WSJ estimates that Borlaug's agricultural work has saved more than 1 billion lives and counting. Leave it to GetReligion, however, to highlight the link between his Lutheran roots and his agricultural work. In his 1970 Nobel Prize lecture, Borlaug cites Genesis 41, Isaiah 8 and Isa. 35, Joel 1, and Amos 4 as justification for both his work … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Ethics
Week in Review (Updated)
[Editor's note: This is a new weekly feature from your blog contributors. Each week, we'll be posting articles, books, news, etc., that Tom, Mike, and the ESN community have been pondering. If you have a book or article you'd like us to add to next week's Review, add it in the comments or send it to either Mike or Tom. Thanks!] The Harvard disadvantage - The Boston Globe takes a very personal look at students from poor backgrounds at Harvard and their struggles to fit in with the children of privilege. In the … [Read more...] about Week in Review (Updated)
How do you find the time and the focus to write?
I apologize for not posting for quite some time. But I have a good excuse as our family's experiencing the explosive growth of a willful three year old who not only tirelessly explores but also agressively competes with a newborn and 8 year old twins for attention. Although my wife and I rejoice in our three year old's overcoming of a number of developmental delays, we weren't ready for so much to happen at the same time. Further reflection offers that trying to do a fair amount of work at home in … [Read more...] about How do you find the time and the focus to write?