Jun 15, 2015
Fix Downtown Columbia Parking Now
Downtown Columbia has become more difficult to navigate in the last month or so. With the summer concert season now in full swing, parking has become a problem. Signs at Whole Foods,…
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Jun 12, 2015
Decibels
According to Wikipedia, "\[t\]he decibel (dB) is a logarithmic unit used to express the ratio between two values of a physical quantity, often power or intensity." We usually hear it applied to…
Jun 11, 2015
Only Evil Genius Spontaneously Arises
This morning, Confessions of a Community College Dean writes: Most of us in higher education would give vital organs to never again hear a student say "I'm just not a math person."…
Jun 10, 2015
Bitcoin and Money
I am not a Bitcoin fanboy. But most people discussing Bitcoin, both for and against, really don't know what they are talking about. Take Washington Post reporter Matt O'Brien, for instance. He…
Jun 5, 2015
Place and Space in the Christianisation Sagas
I recently completed the Sagas and Space - Thinking Space in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia course through Coursera. With the course over, I have posted my final class essay on the…
Jun 4, 2015
Wealthier Communities Pay Less for Flood Insurance
A new UMass study[^cantfind] finds that rich communities pay less for flood insurance. Well, of course they do. There are two simple reasons for that. The first is historical. Wealthier communities generally…
Jun 2, 2015
Better Extra Credit
It's from back in April, but Confessions of a Community College Dean has a great post on extra credit. This is a great outline for why I don't like offering extra credit…
Jun 2, 2015
Reforming the NFIP
The NFIP is broke, or so I say in my new article in The Conversation: Floodwaters continue to rise, so it will be days if not weeks before we can calculate the…
May 29, 2015
Jeg har besejret det danske dygtighed træ!
After just over five months of study, I have completed the Danish Duolingo course. I had played with Duolingo before, but in December the Danish course was added to the Android app,…
May 26, 2015
Schumer Wants to Abolish WYO
Senator Chuck Schumer wants to reform how the NFIP manages policies, abolishing the Write Your Own (WYO) system: \[The Senator\] proposes that instead of the existing WYO system, the federal government write…
May 19, 2015
On Being Right and Being Flexible
I submitted grades for my public financial management class last night. I told my students there are two critical takeaways from this class. The first is that if you need to make…