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How many times have we said, I believe, in asserting what is a closely held opinion, whether or not we have any first-hand knowledge or...

Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” introduced the phrase “Good fences make good neighbors”. It’s a tricky bit of wording that suggests...

A great deal of the rhetoric we hear from the right wing these days has to do with a deep-seated fear of those whose identity, and in...

The extremism of political polarization that has become the norm today is no stranger to matters of religious faith and practice. ...

This week, yet another article in a scientific journal reports on the reasons we are attracted to some people and not others. I’ll spare...

Recently, I had the opportunity to re-visit the original site of the Chautauqua movement in upstate New York. At its height, the...

As we celebrate America’s independence this weekend it seems fitting that we should remember the enormous sacrifice of life and the...

Perhaps you are familiar with Joseph Campbell's works exploring the great themes of mythology among which and most central to every...

Reviewing a podcast I recorded several years ago with my colleague, Alvean Lyons, I was reminded that the greatest predictor of...

A conversation with a friend the other day has me thinking about change management, an admittedly unusual topic for a post but bear with...

For those of you who may not be familiar with the word, or anyone needing a cool new Scrabble killer, a Quantum Bogosort is “a...

As I near one of those milestones signifying the years since my birth, I’ve been thinking a good deal about where I am in life—or more to...

In the aftermath of a week of thunderstorms and fog I spent an hour sitting out in the sunshine the other day talking with a good friend...

A recent book club choice, The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd introduced me to a delightful concept, the phantom settlement. Also known...

The social media site Reddit features threads on an extraordinary range of topics from the practical to the irreverent and ridiculous. ...

A mid-day trip to audition a potential replacement mattress got me thinking about the entire shopping experience, and my discomfort with...

Metaphysics, the study of those concepts by which we define reality, is a familiar subject to anyone who took an entry level philosophy...

Recently, I wrote about the power of words. their ability to cause either genuine harm or bridge the divide between opposing views. ...

Over the past year I’ve read a number of studies in reputable psychology and sociology journals that associate antisocial behavior,...

In the event you are unfamiliar with Internet shorthand, IMO is the polite preface to a statement that indicates one is offering a...