Herald Times Reporter
Posted By joe on April 28, 2012
I was featured in a feature story in the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter today (4/27/2012). Quite nice.
Scanned copy of the story is in the media file.
The Solutionist is now available on Smashwords
Posted By joe on February 13, 2012
The Solutionist is now available at the Smashwords site https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/131471
There are more formatting options available to you on this site. The link is provided under “links” as well.
The Solutionist is now available on Amazon.com
Posted By joe on February 7, 2012
Well, I did it as planned, before my BD. The Solutionist is available on Amazon.com for the Kindle. If you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a Kindle reader for your computer for free. I have added a link going directly to the Amazon site. http://www.amazon.com/kindle/dp/B0076B3CII should also work, but you may have to copy and paste into your browser.
It will also be available at Smashwords.com shortly.
Back at it.
Posted By joe on January 21, 2012
Well, finally, I am back on track after a rather long break. I have one more change I plan on making in The Solutionist book and plan on publishing it before the end of the month. I hope you will find the book interesting and stimulate you into taking action to participate.
More later…
We need to do a better job of working together to develop solutions that meet real needs without harming anyone else.
Posted By joe on April 6, 2011
We need to do a better job of working together to develop solutions that meet real needs without harming anyone else.
Legalization of Drugs
Posted By joe on January 26, 2011
The war on drugs is a complete and utter failure. This is not because we are doing is wrong. It is not because we need a greater commitment. It is not because the other side is smarter than we are. It is certainly not because we are not spending enough money. The reason we are failing is because we are doing it.
We should have, and eventually did learn an important lesson from the prohibition on alcohol. It didn’t work! That was the lesson we learned so we stopped trying to prohibit production, sale and use of alcohol and took the saner and more effective approach of placing some controls on the production, sale and the consequences of inappropriate behavior resulting from the use of alcohol. Yes, there is still abuse, but we are far better off than we were during prohibition.
Schools and Education
Posted By joe on January 25, 2011
Our entire set of ideas about education needs to be revamped to cover the full spectrums of age, subject, approach and outcome.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/article/public-boarding-school-reaps-great-success/story?id=10828451
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/opinion/meyer/main625288.shtml
Children Working
Posted By joe on January 25, 2011
I are not talking about hard labor for children here, at least not in the early years, and later, not for extended periods. Working in a garden or on a farm, or digging a hole is something to grow into, not thrust upon on us when we have our 18th birthday, and suddenly become “adult”.
Child Care
Posted By joe on January 25, 2011
We need to identify at risk situations at the earliest possible point. Preventing problems is always preferable to trying to fix them after the fact. We already have mountains of data about the problems; they have been with us for a long time. We have not demonstrated we have the will to prevent and to fix them.
The Fine Arts
Posted By joe on January 13, 2011
Studies such as James S. Catterall Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art shows that the study of the arts opens our minds to success in other areas. Aside from that, art is fun.
Notes:
http://education.jhu.edu/newhorizons
http://www.aep-arts.org/files/AEPWireDoingWell.pdf
Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art by Catterall, James S. (2009).