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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal by Gregg Easterbrook, Norman Borlaug was “arguably the greatest American of the 20th century.” Why? By conservative estimates, he saved the lives of over one billion human beings. And yet most … Continue reading →

“What am I going to do?” The unhappy words emanated from the mouth of one of my students after class. It wasn’t the first time I had heard such words, and they had nothing to do with studying, assignments or … Continue reading →

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, also runs a spaceship company called Blue Origin. His production and launch facilities for his rather secretive enterprise are located in Culberson County, Texas. Since about the year 2000, his company has … Continue reading →

Human beings are good at recognizing patterns and diagnosing problems. But sometimes this skill can betray us. While we can run down an electrical problem in our car, find the source of a leak in a pipe, manage to figure … Continue reading →

Since shortly after about 12:30 PM on March 25, 2012 no emails to a theology.edu address have been going through due to a distributed denial of service attack originating in 9 countries. Since around 9 AM on March 26, 2012, … Continue reading →

Sometimes you need to do the foolish thing. Or rather, what seems foolish to those who don’t see the point. Chasing a tiny white ball and whacking it with a stick might seem silly. But golf and baseball can be … Continue reading →

Giving thanks once a year has been institutionalized in the United States since the time of Abraham Lincoln, at least. And so on the third Thursday of every November, we sit around a table, eat too much, and say that … Continue reading →

Logic is not something that only Vulcans do on the television series, Star Trek. Nor, is it the invention of television writers. We can actually blame the ancient Greeks for both the word and the concept. Aristotle wrote one of … Continue reading →

Coming home late at night after teaching classes to discover my children’s toys scattered across the lawn does not make me very happy. I’ve been known to yell just a little. It’s the little annoyances in life that can make … Continue reading →