William Kamkwamba’s windmill
William Kamkwamba’s windmill.
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Leibnizians in Harvard, Illinois
I spotted this in a storefront window yesterday. Gottfried Leibniz’s argument is still packing a punch, three centuries later.
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The Wisconsin recall election and big-picture democracy
An errand took me into Wisconsin today, as the recall election was under way. For more than a year the state has been in political turmoil, culminating in what will likely be a decisive and pregnant victory for one side or the other. Yet I was struck by what I did not see: no brawling,
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Save the economy in 7 easy steps (and have fun while doing it!)
When I was young, I believed in freedom and self-responsibility. Over the years, my professional colleagues have insisted that attitude is not in keeping with state-of-the-art public policy. They have taught me that leadership requires the use of any and all legislative tools to solve society’s problems. Bowing to their collective wisdom, here is my
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Loyola MBA business ethics course
This summer I will be teaching an MBA business ethics course at Loyola’s beautiful downtown Chicago Water Tower location. My (updated) syllabus and schedule are available here at my Courses page. Bragging rights for Loyola: Its business ethics program ranked tops by BusinessWeek.
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The best (and worst) philosophy of art
One question on the final exam for my Philosophy of Art course asked students to identify the best or worst theorist of art we studied this semester. We devoted significant time to five major philosophers — Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, and Rand — and discussed a few others along the way more briefly. In deciding
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Full interview with Paul Drake posted
Entrepreneurial Research Science My full interview with physicist R. Paul Drake is now posted at the the CEE site. I met with Dr. Drake in Michigan to discuss the realities of professional science — multi-tasking, grant-writing, travel, and learning from failure — the adequacies and inadequacies of American science education, and the likely future of
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The Encyclopédie and I
One of the great publishing events in all of history was the French Encyclopédie of the eighteenth century, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond D’Alembert. It was a massive project: many authors, 71,818 articles and 3,129 illustrations, published in 28 volumes over 25 years. During my working visit to Guatemala, Luis Figueroa took
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