Hackman's Musings

I grabbed a beer with a friend yesterday evening, and this comic today reminded me of some of our conversation.  We have both experienced...

Mom sits across from the teacher during parent-teacher conferences.  Her face is bruised.  She is staying in a shelter with her daughters.  ...

I could not help thinking that I have heard all of the arguments made in this "pro-marriage" video before - every documentary I ha...

Tonight after class, I avoided asking a friend to drive me to the train station; though it was tempting.  It is a four block walk that I n...

A few weeks ago, I was able to snag an HP Touchpad during their firesale .  It just arrived a few days ago.  I am loving it. For those ...

Today class we will have a story problem in logic: Mr. Zondebok has been assigned to teach his class skill "D". In order for ...

There are a lot of creative, poignant, and clever videos on Youtube. Sometimes though, one is just so good you have to blog about it. In ...

Richard Rothstein wrote an excellent piece on education reform at Slate .  There are a number of things I would like to respond to, but h...

A few weeks ago, I put a request out to Facebook friends and readers of my blog.  I was looking for folks to donate books to my class via...

I just did the Belief Net Belief O Matic survey.  I did it 3 years ago too.  Things have changed a bit since then.  Here I am now: 2011 ...