Psychological Illusions. Watching the NCAA Men’s Tournament, I was reminded of an experience I had during my time at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I worked there for six months in 1990. Unlike football obsessed Alabama, North Carolina Read more…
Monetary Inflation. Inflation is a major problem for all of us. I believe too many people have simplistic answers to why monetary inflation is occurring. Inflation is not caused by one person or anything that can be described by one Read more…
Oops. At my age, linguistic habits are hard to change. I did it again. I messed up prejudice and prejudiced in last week’s blog. Please forgive me. I will do better. James Lindsay. A good friend recommended I listen to Read more…
Critical Race Theory As I have said, I am determined to educate myself about critical race theory (CRT). I do not want to make a knee jerk acceptance or a knee jerk rejection. As I expected, my reading and thinking Read more…
Today’s blog is brief. Jeny and I spent last week preparing, enjoying and then recovering from a special weekend. I have not had a lot of time for today’s blog. Reunion. Last weekend, a group of men came to our Read more…
March Madness. In the next week, over 60 teams in each tournament will begin to decide the NCAA Men’s and Women’s national basketball championships. Maybe someday football will expand to at least 8 teams. I get the feed from my Read more…
Super Bowl. I cannot remember a football playoff with more close, exciting games. The Super Bowl was a fitting conclusion. I feel sorry for the Bengals and the people of Cincinnati because they have never won. I feel sorry for Read more…
Grammar. After the last blog, a good friend pointed out a mistake. It was not a trivial error. Once again, I deeply appreciated someone making a comment because I learned something. The error was not an editorial oversight. The error Read more…
Tradition. The official hostess group for Mobile is the Azalea Trail Maids. They welcome people and represent the city at major events. For years they have been a part of the Senior Bowl activities. Senior Bowl. The Senior Bowl is Read more…
For the last two weeks the blog system was down for maintenance. My blog went to my web page (proverbialstudent.com) but was not distributed. In the future if the blog ever fails to reach your email, you can go to Read more…