One Way to Measure National Intelligence
Australia has not done particularly well in the PISA achievement tests that are administered worldwide to school pupils. Our kids do not seem to be the smartest on the block. How about our adults? We adults do not take tests with right and wrong...
Snitching
Snitching I recently read about medical workers in Russia who apparently were thrown out of high windows. They all had complained about something the government was doing or not doing. That news made me think of an expression introduced to me by my...
What’s in a name?
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare asks this immortal question: What’s in a name? Elon Musk just showed us that a lot can be in a name. How would you like to go through life named X Æ A-12? ...
Forget About Shaking Hands
Shaking hands is out for now and probably forever. That is a stark prediction. If it turns out to be wrong, you can tell me. Shaking hands probably started as a way to signal nonaggression. Putting out a hand and touching another person shows...
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