My family thoroughly enjoys the Indiana Jones movies and National Treasure, all fun treasure hunt stories. Did you know there are great treasure hunts going on today? Today’s Wall Street Journal features a profile of Robert Edsel, a Texan who has made it his life work to chronicle the “greatest treasure hunt in history,” […]

OK, I know there is no such thing as a free lunch but The Wall Street Journal has offered up something close to it. America’s best newspaper is now available online free.
Since 2000, we’ve operated in a dual world on the Web. The majority of our daily editorial offerings have remained behind a paid subscription […]

I’ve done a bit of research. You know the kind, literature reviews, data gathering and the tedious writing and editing process. It’s not glamorous. But things are looking up for some of those who are academic and studying the right stuff. Here’s a quick look at five amazing research facilities.

I’ve consistently tried to teach my kids to be grateful and not malcontents when it comes to how much they have and don’t have. Now I have a way to demonstrate more empirically how rich they are, The Global Rich List. This site takes your annual income and calculates where you fall on the global […]

Yale University has begun offering course materials online. Not like MIT’s OpenCourseWare which is a syllabus plus pdf’s of lecture notes and the reading materials. Yale goes the next step and provides all that plus audio and Flash video of the lectures.
This is a great resource for high school upperclassmen who learn at home. Take […]

Geography has always been a favorite subject for me. Even as a kid I liked to make maps and do the quizzes to see if I could remember all the states or countries in South America.
Interactive Internet sites have made all that even more fun and easy to teach. Here are just a few examples […]

Those who read my Thanksgiving post, “Plymouth: A Failed Commune,” will be interested in John Stossel’s latest article at Townhall.com where he responds to comments on the topic and discusses the often-used reason for government intervention, ‘The Tragedy of the Commons.’

The last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient in Louisiana, Marine pilot, Colonel (Ret.) Jefferson DeBlanc, passed away a week ago. From his citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as leader of a section of 6 fighter planes in Marine […]

The Discovery Channel is a great place to go for beautifully produced interactive online resources for science topics like volcanoes and weapons and much more. Discovery’s cable shows are also online at this site including our house’s fave, Mythbusters.
Essay Writing Center has guidelines for, well, essay writing. You’ll find the Basics, Writing Guides, and every […]

Upon arrival in the New World the Pilgrims, complying with their contract with investors, promptly set up a common property arrangement for all to labor in and provide food and goods for the community. They nearly starved to death. Plan B was to assign each family its own plot to provide for their own needs. […]