Author Archives: mkevane

Not only is defining life futile, but it is also unnecessary to understanding how living things work. All observable matter is, at its most fundamental level, an arrangement of atoms and their constituent particles. These associations range in complexity from … Continue reading →

There has been a steady and large change in the demographics of the Jesuit community (and the Catholic Church more broadly) that may be very important for the question of the “mission and identity” and who has the greater influence … Continue reading →

I ran a variety of economic experiments in Burkina Faso in 2013, and I wanted to show how the distribution of choices changed (or did not) from the first round of the experiments to the second round of the experiments. … Continue reading →

I finally slogged my way through the book, and admit that I must have skimmed the last several hundred pages. It just got to be too much, and the philosophizing at the end, even to the point of a “dear … Continue reading →

Fair wages and educator-led education are two of the major points of contention, said Patricia Schechter, a history professor and union officer. Educator-led education means allowing faculty have more control over university decisions, such as which classes to offer or … Continue reading →

After herding the female students into a classroom, Islamist militants from the group Boko Haram fatally burned or shot dozens of male students in an attack late Monday on a state college in northeastern Nigeria, officials said on Tuesday. It … Continue reading →

Fredy Massamba – Nkembo (Clip Officiel)

From my colleague, friend and neighbor… highly recommended! From Stanford University Press: Outside of Shiraz in the Fars Province of southwestern Iran lies “Aliabad.” Mary Hegland arrived in this then-small agricultural village of several thousand people in the summer of … Continue reading →

This article by Franklin Nyamsi and some preceding back and forth, lays out the case very plainly… Clearly Blaise hopes to make a good argument for another term.  He’d rather win on the argument, but given his history I am … Continue reading →

Nobody really knows… Four “eminent personalities” (one the brief and ineffective interim president Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo who served in the interregnum in 1982-83, the other three religious leaders, one of whom has already resigned) came forth to organize talks between re-energized … Continue reading →

Alphonse Bonou and others had started a political party that appeared to be catering to Bwaba voters of the southwest.  But they got totally trounced by the CDP in the elections of 2012.  Now many of the party organizers have … Continue reading →

After his election to the papacy 11 months ago, Francis seemed to immediately grasp the significance of the divisions among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. He has chosen inclusive language, has played down the importance of following the hierarchy and … Continue reading →

I was in high school at the same time as Fortuño.  He definitely did the right things in successfully shrinking government and correcting spending.  But if I had known he was ideologically libertarian, rather than a committed pragmatist, I think … Continue reading →