An article “Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid” on ProPublica has exposed potential fraud whereby affluent families are signing over custody of their high school-age children in…
A friend emailed me an opinion piece recently published in the Wall Street Journal. You can read “Adam Smith’s Refreshing Idea of Justice; His definition attempts to minimize harm while maximizing freedom” by Vernon Smith.…
In an era of rampant cries of fake news, the aphorism that instructs us to “believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear” has engendered an appropriate amount of healthy skepticism.…
One of the benefits of working at a university that has aviation programs is that I was invited to tour the new maintenance hangarthat American Airlines opened at O’Hare International Airport. What was even more…
On April 4, 2019, the Representative Assembly (RA) of the American Occupational Therapy (AOTA) voted to maintain two points of entry into the field of occupational for individuals looking to become occupational therapists (OTs). Why…
Here is some completely unsolicited advice in no particular order from someone who is rapidly approaching his get-off-my-lawn stage. Respect your elders, kids. Do not procrastinate. No good ever comes from leaving something to the…
STEM Classes and career still dominated by males Research findings published by Dr. Shalini Kesar from Southern Utah University, in cooperation with Microsoft, reveal that despite national efforts a gender gap remains in STEM fields.…
People misuse the word “literally” all the time, and that’s literally one of my biggest pet peeves. But I could make an exception when it comes to describing what we’re doing with data. We’re literally…
It’s funny. It takes years of highly technical training to become a cybersecurity expert. For example, at Lewis, Computer Science students take 53 credit hours of rigorous coursework to prepare for jobs as cybersecurity engineers…
The coordinated attacks that hit Sri Lanka today (April 21, 2019) were the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history. Thus far, over 200 people have been killed when several churches and hotels were targeted…