S is for SPECULATE The word speculate has bad press. It is usually equated with guessing, making things up. Not good. However, to speculate can also mean to theorise, hypothesise, surmise, make a supposition. Speculation needs a bit of a helping hand IMHO. This is my attempt at recuperating it. Speculation in research doesn’t mean guessing […] … learn more→

I ask the gentle reader to consider the following chart, which tracks Federal student loan money: The type of curve in this chart is called “exponential,” and such curves, while easily modeled mathematically, are generally unsustainable in the real world, in the long run.< .p> Part of what’s happening here is what’s happening in the […] … learn more→