Oldest Tetrapod fossil found

Not saying anything other than great news.
And I love the sweet drawings that artists do when folk unearth these things:

Let the howls from the creo fruitcakes begin 3…, 2…

Patriotic Pride – what and why?

The election down south raised this whole issue again in my consciousness.
Why do we feel pride in our country, province, municipality, family and in ourselves?
As individuals we all mess up to one degeree or another and are found wanting, but we also do some pretty good stuff too. So we have some stuff  to feel [...]

Homeschooling – Good or bad

Homeschooling if done well is great and builds a great bond between parent and child.
Homeschooling if done badly at best creates a family business, slave worker or a person who has never had to think about the opposite point of view. In other words it allows extremist or totalitarian positions to be passed on unchallenged.
No [...]