Monthly Archives: September 2012

A couple of Calgary Math Ed students have announced on LinkedIn that they are starting a Concept Study of Fractions. This is a good idea as the topic is often challenging for students and I suspect that one reason lies … Continue reading →

Transcript looks good except for one unfortunate adjective. It’s a pity that the president of a nation founded on the principle of separation of church and state cannot name the state of Israel without identifying its established religion.

Ophelia Benson takes offense at the claim by David Marliere that Charlie Hebdo’s exercise of free speech may have been counterproductive (presumably to whatever goals he thought they were seeking to achieve).She responds to Marliere’s “Of course people should be … Continue reading →

When I see a report like this that some Iranian foundation ups price on Rushdie's head I wish that I had deep enough pockets to offer to pay double any such bounty to the killer of whoever offers it – … Continue reading →

A recent column in Nature by Daniel Sarewitz, which could have been a welcome meditation on the power of religion to stimulate art which “speaks to the soul”, is marred by overstatement and an inflammatory headline. Nature’s on-line editor Ananayo … Continue reading →

The events in Bangalore reveal new evidence that, in the parlance of social capital theory, electronic networking is more effective at producing “bonding” capital within groups than “bridging” capital between them. n+1: Broad-Gauge.

Well if that hashtag isn’t already trending I’ll be very surprised! Watching the RNC on Wednesday night Connie and I were impressed by Paul Ryan’s speech. He certainly sounded like a smart fellow with lots of “leadership” potential. And he … Continue reading →