Has technology eased our lives or created even greater demands? A recent animated POD listserv discussion about using Twitter in the classroom, an example posted to YouTube, and a Web 2.0 presentation during a College of Liberal Arts retreat in June made me realize that I am woefully behind in the technology race [...]

Parents agonize over baby names. Corporations spend millions on market research when launching new businesses. Often, cultural trends drive these decisions, as with the many African-Americans who, in the 1970’s, traded slave names for those indicative of their heritage — Cassius Clay’s rebirth as Muhammad Ali. Historically, parents have named their children to honor [...]