Thursday, July 11th, 2013
I recently did some work for an organization called, “The Girl Effect.” As you can probably guess, it’s a program designed to help girls. There are many such programs like: Girls Inc, Girl Up, Hardy Girls, and so on. It got me wondering: Why are their so many of these pro-girl programs? I mean, are
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
Air travel is generally safe, but not 100% safe. Sometimes equipment fails, sometimes the weather interferes, and sometimes humans err. In his 2009 book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell examined a particular type of human error in a chapter...
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
When I was about four years old, my parents gave me a toy piano. Up until that moment, I had been able to figure out just about anything, but it soon became quite clear to me that...
Monday, July 1st, 2013
373,000 people ride BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) every day, but not today. People who live in the East Bay and work in San Francisco are especially hit hard, as they have to choose between swimming six...
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
Did Martians invade? Was there a big storm that wiped out all the crops? Was the final drop of gasoline finally consumed bringing 99% of travel to a standstill? Just what was the big disaster that caused...
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Within minutes of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, political hacks were openly hoping for an outcome that would support their agenda. On CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR etc. the message was clear, “We want to blame it...
