Getting Rid of Bunk Disease

Getting Rid of Bunk Disease

Oct 13, 2024

Welcome to October 2024 and another installment of the newsletter that helps you navigate the intersection of science and society! Top of mind is teasing out fact from fiction. Textbooks contain facts. But how do we know what we don’t know?For years now, we’ve...
Tired, Tired, Tired of Swimming

Tired, Tired, Tired of Swimming

Jul 7, 2022

Tired.  That’s the word many of us use to describe how we’re feeling these days.  It’s been a daily 5-alarm fire for more years than we care to count. Every day we wake up, doom scroll, and if we happen to miss a day, that’s no big deal because the news of the new day...
Here’s an Editorial I Wrote for the Sandusky Register

Here’s an Editorial I Wrote for the Sandusky Register

Apr 20, 2022

Here’s the text, and the link to the article is below. It was published April 9, 2022. Dear Ohioans, it is time to hold our legislators accountable.  While the people of the world are focused on the war in Ukraine and measures to keep the coronavirus...
People and Dogs

People and Dogs

Dec 13, 2021

The more people I know, the more I love my dog.  We’ve likely heard some variation of this phrase, and in fact, these very words frame a photo of a beloved canine.  As we move into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began on December 12, 2019,...
Censoring and Scrubbing

Censoring and Scrubbing

Nov 2, 2021

I’m tired. Tired of the constant conflict. Tired of the indoctrinated idiocy. Tired of stupid soundbites.  Tired, tired, tired. While reading Sunday’s newspaper, I was appalled by the number of school board candidates whose focus was on banning topics like...