There is too much going on these days for one person to take it all in. There is no single website, newspaper, pundit, blog, or TV show that you can read or watch that will give you even a fraction of the information you need to understand what is going on in the world. You can try do this alone, watching multiple…
Maybe you have watched a few episodes of Sherlock and see him use his "memory palace" to fight crime and are thinking to yourself "hey, I wish I could do that!" The good news is that Sherlock's memory palace technique is not science fiction or fantasy. It is an ancient technique that uses your ability to remember…
I've been getting into mnemonics and memory palaces recently. Maybe I've been watching too much Sherlock. In any event, I thought it would be fun to share one of my favorite places on the internet: the Memory Techniques Wiki
Most news outlets and pundits focus exclusively on federal politics, to the point that local governance gets completely overlooked. This is to the great detriment of our democracy because your municipal and county government is truly where rubber meets the road. Senators, governors and presidents may make a lot of…
Are you thinking about quitting? Do you believe you might be getting the axe at work? If so, you are probably wondering about unemployment benefits. Unemployment insurance is a program originating out of the New Deal era in the United States to give workers a life line of cash to ride out the spans of time between…
Wisconsin has garnered a reputation as a politically schizophrenic state due to the outcomes of it's last few election cycles. Many have wondered how a state that reelected controversial GOP Governor Scott Walker in the June 2012 recall election only to elect the nation's first lesbian US Senator, Democrat Tammy…
