Given that the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than twice that of people without disabilities (7.3% vs 3.5% in 2019) there are two major explanations. One, people with disabilities lack the essential skills to gain employment, and two, workplaces are not accessible to people with disabilities (remember that unemployment rates only considerContinue reading “Questioning Rehabilitation”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Essential Mushrooms: The Brick Cap
Let’s take a close look at these guys! They are called Brick caps because of the color. The margins tend to be lighter, and sometimes have white tufts of fiber remaining from the partial veil. They grow in clusters from decaying hardwoods. The stipe is lighter above and more reddish below, and often twisted becauseContinue reading “Essential Mushrooms: The Brick Cap”
The Righteous Mind: a Critique
Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion is roughly divided into two parts. In the first, Haidt makes the case for social intuitionism, the theory that moral judgements are primarily the product of automatic intuitions rather than conscious reasoning. The main form of evidence for this is so-calledContinue reading “The Righteous Mind: a Critique”
Winter Tree ID: Bitternut Hickory
Redbuds are not the only tree named in reference to their buds. Bitternut hickory is also called yellowbud hickory, which to me is a more useful name, since I rarely pick up, pry open, and taste the squirrel-neglected nuts I find on the ground. On the other hand, it’s only during this half of theContinue reading “Winter Tree ID: Bitternut Hickory”
recycled paper clips 