CHICAGO -- After a good night's sleep, it was up and at 'em in a city expecting a high of 18.

The first stop was the Northwestern campus in Evanston via subway, only to find the bookstore closed for the winter break. So, after a little web research during the bus ride back into the city, I found a college-wear store at Water Tower Place, next to ( Read more... )

MEDICINE HAT AB -- The heated garage did as advertised; this morning, the car read 10C (50F) when I turned it on. Of course, it plummeted to -24C (-11F) by the time I arrived in the dark at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building for the 8am tour ( Read more... )

SAN ANTONIO (3/27) -- Work, work, work. And then...

What's visiting Texas without a reasonably authentic Mexican meal? Upon the recommendation of our corporate contact (who herself just recently moved from Nebraska), we went to her favorite Mexican restaurant, La Fogata. Given the comfortable weather (82 and mostly sunny), we elected to eat out in ( Read more... )

Friday was a study on randomness and parental authority ( Read more... )

Today's experiment worked a little better than yesterday's ( Read more... )

This year, our church's Bible School -- which has the theme of Discovery -- has a science element to it.

Believe it or not.

So they brought me in to handle the nightly science experiment. (To which Isaiah responded during the opening exercises, "You know about science ( Read more... )

Global warming gap among evangelicals widens

Here's a snippet:
But Dobson and the other signatories of the letter to the National Association of Evangelicals board said evidence supporting global warming was not conclusive and that the organization "lacks the expertise to settle the controversy ( Read more... )