The New York borough of Brooklyn has its own space program. A group of parents and children, led by Brooklyinite videographer Luke Geissb...

I used to think it was Charles Schulz who understood children the best. Now, I'm not so sure. I think Richard Thompson has at least acc...

So Benoit Mandelbrot is dead . YouTube is filling with tributes to his genius, or so the video descriptions say. I won't dispute that ...

Earlier today, as I was helping our oldest son wrap up the final requirements for him to earn his Arrow of Light Cub Scout award, we talked...

Once and a while, when your kids draw something you see not just the pat little things they know they're supposed to draw: The houses w...

One of the first Ten Commandments of Writing (said with appropriate thundery and bush-burney respect and affect) is this: Thou Shalt Show,...

It’s official. I’m job-hunting. Not that I haven’t been job-hunting prior to this announcement when in fact I have been job-hunting for qu...

They tell you – these experts, not Bernie Horowitz – that as you craft (that’s a word that’s all Bernie) your query letter when you’re searc...

You’re familiar, of course, with my saga of teaching and then not teaching at BYU-Idaho. Things are looking up, however. Just yesterday I ...

I'd love to go do this, as John Milligan says, before I don't. There are problems with that: I tend to fall out of boats. A lot. ...