Conway's Classes

09/02/2026

If you are at all fuzzy on your understanding of economics and how it affects your life, you gotta be listening to Kedseconomist.

08/25/2026

Susukino is one of Japan’s most well known entertainment districts. Every summer they have a festival that highlights their roots. This is the oiran parade.

08/25/2026

I wondered as I read people describe how reading these books had instilled empathy and understanding in them at an early age if there is any correlation between the people who slept in class and the people who back the current war and immigration policies…..

More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

08/11/2026

If she were a personal friend, I would have her on speed dial. If you have gaps in your understanding of Economics, watch a few of her videos.

08/01/2026

“Boys Be Ambitious!” This famous line was delivered(maybe?) by professor Clark as he left Sapporo Japan for good, months after founding what would become one of Japan’s premier universities. You can find that motto and statues of Clark all over the city. What you won’t find are statues of this guy, William Wheeler, one of two twenty something’s that came with Clark and actually stayed years doing the work. A professor and an Engineer, Wheeler served as president of the University while designing some of Sapporo’s most famous landmarks and surveying rail lines and roads that are still in use. Humble to the end, more interested in results than legacies. We need more Wheelers than Clarks.

06/05/2026

06/04/2026

I used her graphic novel in the classroom for years. If you haven’t read it, do yourself a favor and get a copy into your hands and her story into your head.

French-Iranian artist, author and women’s rights activist Marjane Satrapi, the illustrator behind the graphic novel memoir “Persepolis,” has died at 56.

05/17/2026

A friend of mine and I were arguing about World History vs US History. I believed that U.S. alone was too narrow to hold my interest. He sent me the book “Mayflower”. By Nathaniel Philbrick. This video touches on a few of the revelations the deeper dive into the story provided.

05/09/2026

What he said. Been really disturbed by what is happening in southern states since the Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act. Silence is complacency. Speak up.

04/10/2026

Tired of talking to climate change deniers in your life? Send them this video and then stop. If they don’t admit they are wrong they never will.