Dr. John Miller
How can we keep kids in this state?
One of the major issues facing South Dakota is how to keep our population growing, or at least stable, which is generally translated into the question of how to keep our young people from leaving the state. As early as the 1880s, Dakota Territorial newspapers were full of editorials with titles like “Boys, Don’t Leave the Farm” and others urging young people to stay put and not venture outward.
Pay attention to the power of ideas
Since people started thinking about it, they have disagreed heartily among themselves over what it is that drives society. Some find the answer in religion, others in science. Some focus on politics, others on economics. Freudians seek explanation in the id, the ego, and the superego.
Recalling the finest World Series
Another Fall Classic has come and gone. Put it in the record books. Barry Bonds won’t have to retire without having played in a World Series, like Ernie Banks and Rod Carew (who played 19 seasons without earning a ring), Nap Lajoie and Ted Lyons (21 seasons), or Gaylord Perry (22 seasons).
Books fall out of favor with American children, pre-teens and teenagers
A couple of weeks ago, two SDSU English professors and I had an opportunity to attend a White House Symposium on Women of the West. For two hours on a Tuesday morning, about 150 people gathered in the East Room of the White House to hear a stimulating series of talks on three outstanding women writers?Willa Cather, Edna Ferber and Laura Ingalls Wilder?and to listen to talks from several contemporary authors whose work has been inspired by these women.
UCLA basketball coach: a man who practices what he preaches
Last summer, I got the chance to visit John Wooden, a small town boy from Martinsville, Ind. He was the UCLA basketball coach who won 10 NCAA championships in 12 years, seven of them in a row. In winning 16 conference titles during his 27-year tenure at the Westwood campus, the Bruins compiled an incredible regular-season record of 620 and 147.
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