1. The poisonous state of our national discourse. 2. The imminent death of feminism. 3. Octopuses, or as commenter Christophe called them several octopus posts ago, our new cephalopod overlords.

I can’t claim the “data-tested implementation strategy,” but everything else feels right: Most of my adult life I have been playing dime-store Cassandra at one organization or another, arguing for intelligent solutions based on realistic expectations...

And it has to do with buffaloes and grammar, two of my favorite things! Courtesy of Hugh Elliott at Facebook, where his comment was “STOP SAYING BUFFALO!!”

… and the magazine that helped get us there, which is still poisoning the discourse: Yes, those were the heady days – fresh off the defeat of communism by a coalition of free markets, Ronald Reagan, and C+C Music Factory – in which Technology...

So, this morning. Mix one middle-schooler anxious to get to class, one wet floor, and one counter with sharp corners, and you get a call from the school nurse, sounding very nervous. Add a flying trip back to the school, one doctor visit, and one...