Jack Buckingham Retires after 31 Years in SWCS
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![Buck and Students](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3890_1_1434_2_buck-and-students.jpg)
![Buck Teaching](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3891_1_1434_3_buck-teaching.jpg)
![Buck's Chucks](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3892_1_1434_4_bucks-chucks.jpg)
Jack Buckingham was one of my teachers at Westland High School. This is a short feature on Buck.
Gun Issues
Looking at the gun control issue in America.
Desktops are not extinct
Editorial discussing the notion that the time of the desktop is over. I argue that the advent of smart phones, tablets and mobile devices do not preclude the value of the desktop.
June 15, 2009 Newsletter
![Jack Buckingham](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3889_1_1434_1_jack-buckingham.jpg)
Newsletter including the retirement of Jack Buckingham. Discussion on teachers.
Cultural Cataracts
A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.
The Big Insurance Scam
A scathing reaction to the realities of the insurance industry and the insurance scam that makes the entire American public a victim.
Pet People
A Chalkboard column by Shawn Olson about regulars at a pet store.
Education in Debt
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.
Psychics and Statistics
What happens when a Carl Sagan fan meets with person with psychic ability.
MisCon 25
My Adventure with Onkel Sven.
![John Dalmas and child](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3964_1_1467_1_john-dalmas-and-child.jpg)
![John Dalmas and Ladies](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3965_1_1467_2_john-dalmas-and-ladies.jpg)
![John Dalmas and William Warren](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3966_1_1467_3_john-dalmas-and-william-warren.jpg)
![Dalmas in the Hood](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3968_1_1467_5_dalmas-in-the-hood.jpg)
![Robert Lovely and John Dalmas](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3969_1_1467_6_robert-lovely-and-john-dalmas.jpg)
![John Dalmas Giving Toast](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3970_1_1467_7_john-dalmas-giving-toast.jpg)
![John and Brooke](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3971_1_1467_8_john-and-brooke.jpg)
![Bill Warren](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3972_1_1467_9_bill-warren.jpg)
![John the Story Teller](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3973_1_1467_10_john-the-story-teller.jpg)
I traveled to Missoula, Montana with John Dalmas to participate in MisCon 25. I met several interesting characters including William Warren Jr, James Burk, Jim Glass and others.