May 19, 2014

Teaching the Three Rs -- or Not

Horror stories abound about the state of education, or miseducation, in the United States. These types of problems have existed within the system for decades now and the supposed solutions consistently involve dumbing down the curriculum even mo...

May 16, 2014

Mind the Pennies

Do you still pick coins up off the ground?  Do you have a savings jar?  Do you remember a time when people were taught that thrift is a virtue, and did your parents teach you the old folk saying, "Mind the pennies, and the dollars will...