Quinn Minute - My frog drawing

In my long and unproductive life, I’ve encountered several disgusting things… and I’ve stepped in a few of them.But few gave me more displeasure than dissecting a frog. This was a school requirement, and I dreaded it for weeks.

Student Leadership

Overwhelmingly, the 7,400 state lawmakers nationwide attended and graduated from public universities. Again, overwhelmingly, these elected officials attended schools in their home states. All but four of the 535 members of the United States Congress have a post-secondary education.

Performing

No two universities are the same. No university was the same last year as it will be next year. Ditto for students. George Bernard Shaw wrote this in “Man and Superman”: “The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me.

Quinn Minute - Short history of long film strips

Not long ago at a class reunion, several of us got to talking about “film strips.” If you attended elementary school during the 1950s through 1970s, you may remember these visual learning tools.Because there were so many of us, states quickly constructed schools to contain us.

Texas Insurance Tips

Numerous factors affect the cost of claims that insurance companies pay as their obligation under an insurance policy, according to the Texas Department of Insurance.These factors include inflation, riskier driving, weather events and reinsurance.

Quinn Minute - Special Abilities

I’ve always been jealous of people who discover their talents early.There was this kid in my middle school class named Karen. She drew still nature scenes better than anybody.

“I’m mad too, Eddie”

Communities of every type, near and far — social, geographic, political and professional — have legitimate expectations about the universities they are married to. Hold on, you may not like much of this.

Regenerative cotton farming, playas field day

The most powerful stimulus ever invented, used for good and evil since the beginning of time, and producing both astoundingly positive results and the greatest tragedies in human history, creating vast wealth and pervasive poverty, leading to fulfillment or failure, is competition in a free...

Stimuli and Ideas

The most powerful stimulus ever invented, used for good and evil since the beginning of time, and producing both astoundingly positive results and the greatest tragedies in human history, creating vast wealth and pervasive poverty, leading to fulfillment or failure, is competition in a free...

Quinn Minute - Health Maintenance

Did you ever have a perfect day, 24 hours when everything went right? I had one yesterday, and it scared me.I woke up at 7 a.m., feeling great. That’s crazy, because if I breathe normally before my morning coffee, something’s not right.