January 31, 2018
How Did Things Ever Get This Far?
Virtually everybody is familiar with the scene that depicts the meeting of the heads of the “five families” in the classic movie The Godfather. Taking
March 3, 2017
Minimum Drinking Age? We Need a Minimum College Age!
This commentary appeared on the higher education web site SeeThruEdu on March 1, 2017. It is included as a link on my "Published Work" page,
February 12, 2017
Modern Day Fear of Flying
In addressing her fear of flying in a recent Wall Street Journal article, author Eugenia Cheng did a good job of applying her mathematics skills
February 10, 2017
Yearning for the Sounds of Silence
During the run up to the presidential election, many of us echoed the refrain: “we’ll be glad when it’s over”. But it’s not over, not really.
April 6, 2016
Apply to Villanova Because They Won the NCAA?
There are a lot of factors that should be considered when selecting a college or university. Specific academic programs, school size, and geography are all
February 23, 2016
Science and humanities, happy together!
As Pope Francis (kind of) said in Mexico, we need to build bridges instead of walls. So too with STEM (since, technology, engineering and math) majors
September 4, 2015
With fewer mistakes, reading will be less aggravating
From an article on health insurance coverage in this morning's Wall Street Journal, quoting Highmark's CEO: But “we will have less products in the market overall,”
May 26, 2015
Are we individuals, or just parts of organizations?
Back in March, my friend Robert Brancatelli published a very interesting commentary on his blog, which you can read here. In his commentary, Robert reflects on
May 21, 2015
Library or Homeless Shelter? We Need to Figure These Things Out
Prior to this week’s Philadelphia Mayoral and City Council primary elections, The Inquirer Editorial Board posed a series of questions to the Mayoral hopefuls, focusing
December 19, 2014
Hollywood Execs Make High School Sophomores Look Good
Much continues to be written about the fiasco over Sony Picture's movie "The Interview". What strikes me the most about the whole thing is the
July 8, 2014
“Respected” Sports Bettor? Excuse me?
Still trying to catch up from vacation, and wanted to comment on the Phil Mickelson insider trading investigation (he has not been charged). One of the
March 26, 2014
Anthony Weiner – He Owes It All to Marv Albert
The Washington Post reported on their politics blog this week that disgraced former Congressman (and tweeter) Anthony Weiner has a new gig — as a
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