What’s wrong with this picture? The data for this chart comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm) and NCHS (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2018). The knowledge behind the reasons why the chart looks the way it does... Read More

I’ve owned a 2-door, 5- or 6-speed Jeep Wrangler for 32% of my life.  I had the privilege of driving two green Jeeps.  I sold the second one a few months ago.  Enough time has passed.  I can now write... Read More

Sounds odd to say that a place of higher learning will not teach you how to write. But it’s the truth.  The reasons why include the structure of college and the fact that college teachers are not doing the most... Read More

The riddle—and the answer—was given to me by a friend who knows of my interest in nutrition.  The answer supplied to me was, “Because the 10th teaspoon of sugar wouldn’t dissolve in the water.”  That is an interesting answer—but it... Read More

Vermeer’s The Concert (c. 1664) was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990—along with 12 other pieces of art, including three works by Rembrandt.  The heist is known for the Vermeer painting that was taken.  If... Read More