The New Technology: Three Views
The role of modern technology in education is precisely the same as the role of the automobile in the horse economy: replacement. In the knowledge-age economy that will endure from now right through the 21st century, learning is in and school is out. More education is not the cure to our economic doldrums. Rather, it’s one of the major causes Read More ›
Is Fortune’s blessing justified? Well, yes and no
Policing Political ‘Lies’
SEATTLE–Legislators, bureaucrats and newspapers in Washington State think they have found a way to stop political lies: They’ve passed a law and are vigorously enforcing it. Washington isn’t the first state to try this, of course: Some 13 others have passed measures to curb political lying, but all have been found unenforceable on First Amendment grounds. That’s why Washington Stat’s Read More ›
Save Alex Haley’s Homespun History
There isn’t much time. Alex Haley, author of “Roots,” probably did as much for the understanding of black history, and especially black families, as any writer in any time. In fact, he inspired families of all backgrounds. When he died of a heart attack, at age 70, while in Seattle last February, it was reasonable to assume that his contributions Read More ›
A Think Tank Treads New Ground
Rather a few years ago, Bruce Chapman came up with a pair of slightly unorthodox ideas. First he decided that someday he would start a public policy think tank in Seattle — not quite the correct Washington for those who want to be where the action and the gridlock are. And second, he decided that the people in his tank Read More ›
International region shares a common destiny
Once more a good idea is taking on a life of its own. The idea is “Cascadia,” the concept that the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the two Western provinces of Canada are in reality one international region with a common destiny. In an era that has seen large centripetal forces pulling Western Europe together into the European Read More ›
School’s Out
A radical formula for cutting through the bureaucracy of the traditional education system proposes the implementation of technologically innovative media as learning tools and privatization of schools to introduce competitiveness. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Are school systems, classrooms and teachers obsolete? No less so than the horse was with the coming of the automobile age, argues Perelman, a senior Read More ›
Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference
A session from a 1992 symposium called Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference, recorded by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, featuring Michael Ruse and Stephen Meyer.
Seattle Tells Nintendo: Let’s Play Ball
The hostility to the proposed purchase of the Seattle Mariners by a syndicate that includes the family that owns Nintendo is the most embarrassing moment in baseball history since the protests against the Brooklyn Dodgers’ decision to take Jackie Robinson into the major leagues. Xenophobes are muttering that the new owners will turn the team into the “Seattle Marios” and Read More ›