America Needs More Than Electric Cars Trained as an environmental engineer, I am delighted to see the deliberate and dedicated shift of most auto companies to electric vehicles. Of course, in the final analysis, these companies are not necessarily leading the way based on an enlightened, sustainable vision for the future but responding to a… Continue reading

Regional Public Universities are an Essential Piece of the Economic Puzzle The New York Times (NYT) September 7th article on top U.S. colleges with the greatest economic diversity not only propagates a fallacious trope but does actual harm to the institutions whose primary mission is access and economic mobility. The article was designed with bias… Continue reading

No community in Michigan is the same. Traverse City has its stunning bay. Detroit offers a re-energized and vibrant downtown. Marquette is a dream for outdoor enthusiasts. And Grand Rapids is an arts destination. Continue reading

By not acknowledging human responsibility, our profession is squandering a well-earned chance to influence the most important debate of our time. Continue reading

A few weeks ago (June 28) the New York Times published a front page story entitled “Something Was Messing With Earth’s Axis. The Answer Has to Do With Us,” highlighting how the geophysics of the planet has been altered through anthropogenic activity. Certainly, the fact that excessive Continue reading

Allow me to introduce this website that will serve as my public journal of observations, ideas, reasoning, and opinion. Lente Festina, or more commonly Festina Lente (in Latin, word order rarely matters), is often translated as “make haste slowly” and has been adopted… Continue reading