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Editor's Note - Past Issues

A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday in January (He was born on January 15, but the event is celebrated on January 16.) reminds us of the benefits of virtuously applied power. The Rev. Dr. King dedicated his life to the equality and self-respect of A...

Oppressed by the Numbers

The current alarm over low student test scores in 12 Carroll County schools and the rash of scandals nationwide involving cheating on the tests has revived the controversy over the legitimacy of standardized testing as a gauge of student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

Get In Touch with Your Humanity

Artists, philosophers, sociologists and others have long been concerned that society is increasingly becoming dehumanized.

What is "Patriotism?"

As Independence Day approaches, one hears the words “patriot” and “patriotism” bandied about more frequently than at other times during the year. The words fall easily from speechifiers’ lips these days, but as far as I can tell, those who ...

Back to the Future?

What happened to “the future?” Not that there will be no future. It is just that no one seems to use the phrase these days, preferring to use “going forward” instead. Or maybe we are seeing a lack of faith in the future; hence a phrase vaguel...

Geek Attack

The other day, I opened a catalogue and came across a picture of a giant Swiss Army Knife. It was about 9 inches wide and offered 85 foldaway implements. It was obviously a parody of the original multitool. Later, I checked online and found the knife...

Happy New Year!

Six years ago (I can’t believe it’s been that long), my sons dragged me grumbling and muttering out of journalistic retirement to start up this magazine. The year 2004 was a precarious time for print publications. We did not know how long Carroll...

The Manually Clueless Generation

Economists have long been predicting a change in the U.S. economy: from an industry-based to an information-based model. Apparently the change is upon us. Two economists, Hiranya K. Nath, professor of economics at Sam Houston State University in Hunt...

The Age of Info-Algae

“I’m clipping my toenails.” “I’m at the grocery store.” “I’m eating supper.” These dispatches from the universe of mundanity are the stuff of Twitter, or Tweets, texted by people who obviously believe that their most humdrum activit...

Health Care's Wave of the Future?

As if we needed further evidence that the nation’s health care system was badly in need of overhaul, the very existence and burgeoning of walk-in health clinics indicates that they came into being to fill a huge gap in personal patient treatment. T...