POSTED BY MARTIN KICH In an article published on Saturday evening by the Washington Post, Dan Baltz has much more thoroughly presented basically the same case that I was attempting to make in my post from last Friday. Here are some selected passages from the beginning of Baltz’s article: The government’s halting response to the coronavirus pandemic…
BY MARTIN KICH “The NCAA, the presidents of the universities, the Power 5 conference commissioners, the athletic directors need to be meeting right now and we need to start coming up with answers. In my opinion, if we have to bring our players back, test them. They’re all in good shape. They’re all 18, 19,…
BY MARTIN KICH In my previous post, I tried to point toward some light in the midst of all of the darkness by highlighting some evidence of the continuing economic value of having a college degree. I would like this post to be considered within the context provided by that data. I am less concerned…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Here is an extraordinary performance of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ by the brave men and women from NHS in honor of the Llandudno’s Venu Cymru, which has been turned into a temporary coronavirus hospital. During this process, the facility has been renamed to Ysbyty Enfys, which is Welsh for Rainbow Hospital,…
BY MARTIN KICH There is no good news in this pandemic—only bad and worse news. An article written by J. Edward Moreno and Justine Coleman for The Hill opens: College graduates are poised to enter one of the most difficult job markets in U.S. history. Nearly 4 million people are expected to graduate with a…
BY MARTIN KICH When Donald Trump began to form his Cabinet, it became clear almost immediately that one of the main criteria for leading a department would be a history of publicly expressed antipathy toward that department. Thus, Rick Perry became the Energy Secretary. Ben Carson was named the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This year, more than most years, we should be acutely aware of what all healthcare workers, first responders, and essential workers are enduring for the sake of their communities. But nurses have been truly in the front lines. Nurses are dealing with the sickest of the sick for extended shifts and…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH In one of the most widely read posts that I have made to this blog, I collected videos and images that have attempted to provide visualizations of the enormous differences between a million, a billion, and a trillion dollars. These kinds of almost inconceivable numbers have already become a concern as…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH We emphasize to our students that critical thinking is not just an advantage but a necessity in our increasingly complex world. But these sorts of juxtapositions, which have become commonplace online each and every day, really require something much more basic than critical thinking. In fact, discussing them as…