Publications by Eric Niewoehner
Collection of articles on current issues, reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic, professional development, travel and history
Is the Cracker Barrel we had loved going to vanish? The Crisis Cracker Barrel has had unwanted attention in the past few weeks with its “woke” changes going viral. Once again, loyal customers were being subjected to another marketing disaster, all in an effort to “broaden our customer base.” News services and podcasters were declaring…
An old photo recalls the novelty, and the sadness, of the COVID pandemic. It is fascinating how a song or a picture can stir up emotions. This picture seems, at first glance, an ordinary picture of a vacant cubicle. Yet it takes me back to an interesting time in my life, if not for me…
Missouri birds flourish upon and around a small patch of prairie. The Bird Kingdom The biosphere is divided into kingdoms. And “kingdom” is a good word for it. When you look at the plant kingdom, you enter into a unique world whose subjects are, fortunately, stationary. This provides an opportunity to see a living organism…
Food deserts in our big cities? In a previous article we looked at the Law of Supply: That the provision of a good or service is a function of the ability and willingness of a producer to deliver a product. Most of us are familiar with ability. We have seen countless businesses fade into history…
A collection of photographs of Missouri trees and shrubs surrounding Rachel’s prairie, a one acre patch of ground with a pond. Even though the focus of this journal is on a prairie, I have to concede that the life I witness on the prairie is framed by the trees and shrubs that surround it. While…