Liberal Arts Blog — Saturday is the Joy of Sports, Dance, Fitness, and All Things Physical Day Today’s Topic: Roland Garros — The Greatest Tennis Tournament of All? Well, the red clay surface makes the French Open the most physically demanding of the big four “slams” because of the slower…

Thinking Citizen Blog — Friday is Education and Education Policy Day Today’s Topic — “Biden’s Misguided Attack on Charter Schools” (Boston Globe) According to the editors of the Boston Globe President Biden is paying back the teachers unions for their campaign support “by launching an ill-advised campaign against charter schools.”…

Liberal Arts Blog — Friday is the Joy of Art, Architecture, Design, Film, and All Things Visual Day Today’s Topic — The Color of Morning: Red Sun (Monet), Yellow-Gold Sun (Van Gogh), White Fabric (Munch) Have you ever parted heavy, embroidered drapes only to be blinded by the morning light…

Thinking Citizen Blog — Thursday is Health, Health Care, and Global Health Policy Day Today’s Topic: Grading China’s Zero Covid Policy: “A,” “B,” “C” or “D”? Do we even have enough information to make an assessment? By what\ objective yardstick can the performances of very different countries be compared? Are…

Liberal Arts Blog — Wednesday is the Joy of Science, Engineering, and Technology Day Today’s Topic — Absolute and Relative Motion: the Earth, the Airplane, the Car How come I can’t feel the earth rotate? Can you feel it? I can certainly feel rotational motion when I get on a…

Thinking Citizen Blog — Wednesday is Climate Change, the Environment, and Sustainability Day Today’s Topic: Monocots vs Dicots: Flowers, Roots, Leaves, Stems — Who Cares? Who Should? What’s a cot, anyway? Short for cotyledon which is an embryonic leaf in a flowering plant. Some flowering plants have two (dicot), others…

Thinking Citizen Blog — Tuesday is Economics, Finance, and Business Day Today’s Topic: The Baby Formula Shortage — Why? Why is the out-of-stock rate on baby formula in the US 40%? Why are mothers scrambling desperately to feed their infants? What should be done so that this does not happen…

Liberal Arts Blog — Tuesday is the Joy of Literature, Language, Religion, and Culture Day Today’s Topic: “Literary Themes” — Basics, Favorites, Tips So, do you have a favorite literary theme? Love? Good versus evil? Coming of age? How about literary element? Plot, theme, character, tone? How about literary technique…

Liberal Arts Blog — Monday is the Joy of Math, Statistics, Shapes, and Numbers Day Today’s Topic: 3,5,7,108 — How Many Times a Day Should You Pray? Do You Pray? Or Meditate? Or the Equivalent? I know Hindu students who say the Gayatri Mantra 108X per day — but they…