Popular Culture: What to Get My Kids for Christmas
I’ve been having another one of those “end of civilization as we know it” moments lately. It started when my wife and I began Christmas shopping for our daughters and were overwhelmed by the seemingly unending universe of toys from which to choose (don’t even get me started on how the Christmas season is now […]
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Sport Alert!: Introduction to Prime Sport
I’ve just posted my first Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Introduction to Prime Sport:
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Family Alert!: Fear of Failure
I’ve just posted my first Prime Family Alert! video newsletter, Fear of Failure:
Read MoreSki Racing/Parenting: Do You Want a Gifted or Hard-working Ski Racer?
Giftedness is revered in our culture; inborn talent—whether intellectual, athletic, or artistic—ensures that children will be successful. How many times have you heard “Bode Miller was born to ski race” or “Lindsay Vonn was destined to greatness?” Well, let me clear something up: No one is born to do anything, certainly not to ski race. […]
Read MoreEducation: Are Public Education Chicken Littles Wrong?
We have been hearing a constant drumbeat from politicians, policy wonks, and pundits that America’s public education system is losing the educational “arms race” against other countries around the world. These advocates for reform use the widely reported results of testing of students from dozens of countries showing that U.S. students have gone from world […]
Read MoreSki Racing: 5 Things I Hate to See Racers Do in Training
I’ve been in the ski racing world since I was six years old. The first 20 years, I was a racer learning the ups and downs of ski racing the hard way, mostly through trial and error, and sometimes painful failure. That, I can say with 20/20 hindsight and absolute certainty, is no way to […]
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