

SHOULD YOUR WORKPLACE OFFER DIVERSITY TRAINING?
With so much discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly school and workplace trainings, I thought I would see what I could find on these themes within psychology, behavioural science, and sociology literatures. What I found was surprising. Here's just a small sample from recent years: Our ability to test or manipulate implicit bias is suspect: Blanton, H., Jaccard, J., Klick, J., Mellers, B., Mitchell, G., & Tetlock, P. E. (2009). Strong claims and weak evid
Mar 7, 20199 min read


DO WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS? (INSECT EDITION)
Seems every news and information source is offering that we are on the cusp of a global insect mass-extinctions threatening all life on...
Feb 14, 20195 min read


ANCIENT OR MODERN?
I'm constantly hearing about archaeologists digging up ruins and collecting artifacts from the ancient Aztec empire. Historians and...
Jan 30, 20195 min read


WRITE?
America's Authors Guild recently collected data from its own membership and the members of 14 other writers' organizations, including:...
Jan 5, 20191 min read


ATTACK OF THE MARAUDING POST-APOCALYPTIC ZOMBIE CHIMPS
“I don’t know, it’s like how people don’t seem to think about how things are made or what they’re for.” “They do, don’t they?” “No. I...
Dec 6, 20186 min read


EVERYTHING IS IN THE FRAMING
The caterpillar cuts a path of pure devastation through the ecosystem it is born into. It consumes everything it can find, eating...
Dec 29, 20171 min read


ON THE VALUE OF MIRRORS
Since 2016 there's been much said about Nazis. Yet, somehow, despite all the talk and tweeting and counter protesting I feel we've...
Jun 15, 201712 min read


DAVE DIED
In early 2016 my father officially retired and at the same time his cancer started acting up. His blood was funky and his liver was...
Oct 31, 20166 min read


TODAY'S CLIMATE RANT
It's not like we haven't been up against ecological catastrophe many times before in my short life. But in the past we just did it...
Aug 17, 20151 min read


HOW TO SAVE LIVES
Hamilton RIDE checks snag 30 impaired drivers. Hamilton chapter president for Mothers Against Drunk Driving says RIDE program is...
Jan 1, 20155 min read

























































































