Education spending is a thorny topic in my household. That’s especially true at this time of year, which is when our local real estate taxes are due. Our town does assessments in the spring at about the same time that we vote on annual school budgets. During the summer the… Read more“Map Monday, Total Education Spending by US State”
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Map Monday, World Population Hits 8 Billion & Strange Facts
On 15 November 2022, the United Nations declared that the world population reached 8 billion. To be fair, no one’s out there counting every human being on the planet. You’d have to count more than 250/second to finish the job in a year. Even if you distribute the counting and… Read more“Map Monday, World Population Hits 8 Billion & Strange Facts”
A Better Way to Discover New Books & Authors
How hard can it be to discover new books and authors? Back in the dim and distant past of my youth, you discovered new books the old fashioned way – either from a recommendation or browsing a bookstore. The first method still works, but the second has become more difficult…. Read more“A Better Way to Discover New Books & Authors”