On yet another trip down the rabbit hole yesterday, I encountered a lady who my friends in education would enjoy: Eulalia Bourne, 1895-1984, Arizona pioneer teacher. Other sources can better tell her story. But the highlights include working her way through the University of Arizona and graduating summa cum laude, in spite of apparently having […]
Quote of the Day: Selfishness and Altruism
Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. David Sloan Wilson and E.O. Wilson, from their paper, “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology.” David Sloan Wilson is an American evolutionary biologist, son of novelist Sloan Wilson [of a previous Quote of the Day], and author of, The […]
Arizona “From Above”
I made several trips to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport over the weekend to deliver departing friends (destinations: LA, Hawaii, and Mexico…good for them, grrr). Getting out of the elevator on the east-end gate level of Terminal 4, I ran into a display case with large-format photos from New Mexico pilot and aerial photographic artist Adriel […]