Metrication The fact that the U.S. has not adopted a metric system for quantities has two far-reaching consequences that impede learning basic math. First is the very large number of different units that are in use and that require conversions. Length, for example, is measured in units of inches, feet, yards, miles, nautical miles and […]
An Educated Public? The underlying premise of a democracy is that government follows the will of an educated and informed public. We will come back to ‘informed’ and just look at ‘educated’ here. It is acknowledged that education in the U.S. is poor in general, and abysmal in the poorer school districts. Although enormous sums […]
Donald Trump was very successful in obtaining the GOP Presidential candidacy, using his slogan, “Make America Great Again.” This is a great, albeit vapid, slogan, but with a worthy goal. It brings up two questions: When was America Great, and what made it Great? Can past glory be recreated? Is this a call for Reactionaries? […]