By: Ana Montserrat DeBernardo – July, 2015 Any well-mannered person living in the twenty-first century is acutely aware that when it comes to small talk, politics and religion are two topics that are strictly off-limits. When clashing opinions over these two subjects are shared, debate inevitably ensues even among the closest of friends. It could […]
It is Time to Stop Oppressing the Downtrodden! THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX! By: Dr. Charles Ormsby, August, 2012 Dear Governor Romney, America is currently enduring its second Depression in the last hundred years. Seventy percent of us have escaped with just moderate wounds. The value of our assets has declined. Our prospects seem diminished. We […]
By: Paul Murano – November, 2011 No one seems to notice the relationship between two converging occurrences in the news recently. Person number seven billion has joined us on this spinning and rotating rock we call earth, on Halloween day according to demographic analysts. Welcome to the human race number 7 billion! In the […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX EXTRA By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October, 2010 ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NY TIMES In my experience teaching college freshmen, my sense is that the average level of academic rigor in our public schools has fallen significantly over the past five decades. Even in wealthy communities, only a fraction of parents […]