Author: Glynn Wilson

Under the Microscope: It’s A Mystery

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson My favorite answer to just about any political, social or technological…

A Response to E.O. Wilson: A Letter to the Church

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson “Let the waters teem with fish and other life, and let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” – Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 20, (Living Bible translation, 1977). In response to: Creation:…

What We Need Is A National Day of Rest

“Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day.” – Alfred E. Neuman Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson If life imitates art far more than art imitates life, as Andy Warhol and Oscar Wilde both contended, then…

On Technological Ch-Che-Change…

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson There is no accounting for taste, or for how people learn and use new technology. While I am an avid student of how people use the Internet, especially, I hate to be called a…

Caring More About Football Than Global Warming

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 7 – It is 72 degrees in mid-January and still drizzling rain in T-Town. It looks like global warming is taking a toll after six years of being denied and ignored…

Edwards Announces Presidential Run in New Orleans

by Glynn Wilson NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 28 – In one of the most novel presidential announcements in American political history, John Edwards stood in a muddy back yard in the Ninth Ward in blue jeans and said he chose…

Krystal Ball: Who Looks Presidential For 2008?

Presidential Tip Sheet: Early Bet on Edwards Looking under the hood of the muscle car in the Krystal parking lot, it looks like John Edwards could be the next president of the United States. Here’s why. In this early week…

A Retirement Home For Out of Work Journalists?

The newspaper industry is in trouble, and in no measure, it’s because of out of touch people like William Bunch, a senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News who also publishes a blog. His latest misinformed missive was the lead…

Championship Weekend

by Paul Rockne It’s Championship Weekend for Southeastern Conference football – and for several other leagues as well – with the surprising Arkansas Razorbacks representing the Western Division and the not-so-surprising Eastern Division champion Florida Gators going head-to-head for the…

College Football Preview: Iron Bowl Or Not?

Editor’s Note: A controversy rages in Alabama over whether to continue calling the Alabama-Auburn game the “Iron Bowl.” Over at Tuscaloosa News columnist Tommy Stevenson’s new blog, he’s asking the question. We raised the issue last year in this story,…