After the American Century I have been silent for longer than at any other time since this blog began in 2007. I might blame this on a...

I was knighted in Copenhagen on Monday, 27 January. Such ceremonies are private, with no reporters or photographers allowed. Even family ...

After the American Century Fracking is much in the news. This new way of extracting oil and natural gas is controversial because, while ...

After the American Century This is the 400th blog entry for After the American Century . More revelations about the NSA's sn...

After the American Century    Pisa rankings have been developed, based on extensive testing in 65 countries.   Students at age 15 ...

After the American Century   On 26 November Sotheby's auctioned off a copy of The Bay Psalm Book , which was the first book publishe...

  After the American Century Remarks made at MIT celebrating the fiftieth anniversary  of the publication of Leo Marx’s The Machine...

After the American Century The Danish Ministry of Research, which funds university education, is determined to "reform." To ...

After the American Century The OECD has tested 166,000 people and ranked nations according to their levels of literacy.  Among persons ...