My friend Sean Blanda once regularly wrote on the failures of journalism schools. It’s not exactly my territory because I studied politics, not journalism in school. But, I’ve heard enough from friends and colleagues. It seems most everything they learned, I learned while working at my college newspaper. The journalism school at Temple University, like [...]

The University of Pennsylvania’s place in the open-source learning movement of higher education is the focus of my story in yesterday’s Philadelphia Weekly. I can’t find it online (seriously), but it sure did run. So go pick it up if you’re in Philly. If not, well, check below for what didn’t make it in! You [...]

I am at least one year behind in claiming this site on Technorati. I’ll bet you’re in one of two camps: either you think it’s ridiculous I’m only now understanding this process or you have no idea what I am talking about. And, believe me, either way there’s a good chance you’re not going to [...]

I can admit that ignored what an OpenID is mostly until last week. Yeah, I suppose that’s embarrassing for a man of my enormous stature. …Right. Well, if you don’t have one or just might like to know what gives about the vague-sounding device, let me give you a quick tour. Number of Views:361

With some business reporting background, I really should have a better, more fuller grasp on the complexities of what caused today’s growing financial meltdown. But lots of smart people are having trouble understanding. For the Philadelphia Business Journal in April, I put together an interesting Q&A on the mortgage crisis with E. Robert Levy, the [...]

Did you want a head-start or a chance to regroup before heading off to kindergarten? That topic is an interesting one that is getting even more complicated with our country’s continued dependence on standardized testing – initially the older the better the scores, so states live it. But there are much larger ramifications, unsurprisingly. On [...]

I am reading the book This Land is Your Land by Barbara Ehrenreich, the noted author of the 2001 investigation into the U.S. working poor Nickel and Dimed. It is mostly the standard fare criticism of the wealth from the left – not suggesting it is justified or not, but standard nonetheless. However, one brief [...]

Family friend Lee-Ellen Pisauro shared with me a warm piece she had featured in this month’s edition of Exceptional Parent, a magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. The mag doesn’t share it’s content online, so I thought I would – it’s brief and isn’t losing them a darn dime. The Wisdom [...]