Billions and billions

While you’re enjoying your view of the Pacific during happy hour, here’s a deep thought to accompany those still waters: How old is the universe? Uh, you’re asking me? A guy in a beach chair with chili stains on his shirt? I’m no scientist, so how the heck should I know? Let’s...
Posted On May 23 2014 07:00
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The divide that binds

Last week I noted a “language gap” between the U.S. and Asia, given that only about one out of 288 of American public school students was enrolled in an Asian language course. In percentage terms this is about three-tenths of 1 percent of the students, or 0.3%. In...
Posted On May 16 2014 07:50
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The language gap

With another graduation season in the pipeline we can expect the usual uptick in platitudes. I’m going to slump down in my beach chair, though, and look at one thing that’s not very platitudinous. Namely, I’m going to look at the one glaring gap in the armor my peers and I had...
Posted On May 09 2014 02:55
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Longevity

All right, you Saipan jet-setters, let’s see if you can match this itinerary for May through September: Turkey, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, the U.K., France, Italy, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States. That’s the schedule for...
Posted On May 02 2014 10:10
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