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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

There Is An App. For That

 With over 14,000 smart phone/tablet applications and counting, it can be difficult to sort through them for the best ones to aide you...

The Statistics Don’t Lie – America’s Future Hangs in the Balance

At about 11:22 PM, EST on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, the US national debt clock registered trillion. In case this does not...

A Little Curiosity about a Great Big Universe

If you were in charge of the federal budget, would you pay .5 billion to investigate the potential for life on a remote...

Its Amazing What You Can Do In A Day

      I crack my eyes open in time to see a water tower as it flies by the drizzle-streaked window. Proudly emblazoned on it are...

Spiders Spiders Everywhere!

 Charlotte’s Web, Little Miss Muffet: Those childhood books with their stories of spiders were probably created to ease children’s fears of spiders.  They...

Some Old / New Technology That Has Come A Very Long Way

 It's back to school season, so here's a short primer in Technology 101.  In 1948, Drexel graduate students Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland overheard...