BANNEKER VS. JEFFERSON -- THE ALMANAC OF INEQUALITY

Despite his glowing words, Jefferson thought blacks far from equal. Then a single letter took him to task.

teachers, TEACHERSThe AtticFebruary 12, 2021Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, Education, Black history Comments

THE WOMAN WHO SAVES OLD GROWTH

Stepping into Old Growth, Joan Maloof felt the forest. Now she is set on saving “the ancients.”

WATCHING US WATCH TV

Others saw TV as mindless, but George Gerbner saw it as mean. And he had the data to prove it.

JOE AND ELIZA -- AN A.I. LOVE STORY

He was a computer whiz. She was his creation, programmed to debunk AI. So why did people keep “talking” to ELIZA?

Science, TEACHERS, teachers, TEACHERS & HEALERSThe AtticJuly 16, 2020A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Joseph Weizenbaum, M.I.T., ElizaComment

IF YOU CAN READ THIS...

That teacher you had? The one who “got” you? Did you ever thank THAT teacher?

teachersThe AtticMarch 26, 2020Tteachers, Teaching Comments

"THE MOST AMERICAN THING" -- CHAUTAUQUA

From a small summer gathering on a remote lake, Chautauqua tapped America’s “hunger of mind.”

teachersThe AtticMarch 20, 2020Chautauqua, 19th century America Comments

MAYA LIN -- THE WOMAN WHO HEALED AMERICA

America needed a Vietnam memorial. The contest drew 1,421 entries. The winner was denounced as “egg roll” and “a gook.” But Maya Lin’s “wall” still touches the nation’s heart.

ERIC HOFFER, LONGSHOREMAN FOR THE MASSES

When The True Believer made his name, Eric Hoffer was a San Francisco longshoreman. Decades later, the zealots he labeled “true believers,” are still “everywhere on the march.”