How We Fool Ourselves With Numbers
Often, the best outcome seems less satisfying than alternatives. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist who won a Nobel in economics for Prospect Theory, more commonly called Behavioral Economics. In his […]
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This Is Why I Feel Sorry For Millennials
Doctor Viktor Frankl was a neurologist and psychologist psychiatrist in Vienna, Austria. He founded the third branch of Viennese psychological therapies, logotherapy. But his life changed drastically when Austria capitulated […]
What Could Be Worse?
What could be worse than having no Christmas gift for a child to open? A Christmas gift with no child to open it. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, […]
This Is How To Spend Election Day
Conservatives take great pride in working, and for good reason. Work gives shape to life. Work is the poles of a tent, the bones of a body, the beams in […]
Happy Birthday, Jack Hennessy
I don’t get into town to visit my dad often enough. That’s my loss. Jack Hennessy, my dad, epitomizes what we call The Greatest Generation. He helped raise his […]
In Search of Loyalty
**Long** To what and whom do we owe loyalty, and how should we express it? Generational historians William Strauss and Neil Howe describe a generation of “nomads” in their […]
Let Depression Be Your Guide
Yesterday, I gave you a reason to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision. But I never said to let go of your anger or depression. That’s because we need creativity, focus, […]
Mitt Romney Shut Down a Company Over a Young Woman
This story is about Romney shutting down a thriving business over a woman. A young woman. A woman young enough to be Mitt’s daughter.
“[N]o one did it like Breitbart”
Last night, someone asked me, “who’s the most influential person in your iPhone contacts?” “I don’t know,” I said. “Breitbart’s dead.” David Carr writes in New York Times about the […]
RIP, Andrew Breitbart **UPDATE**
Business Insider has picked up a Big Journalism story that Andrew Breitbart died last night. (Big Journalism is one of Breitbart’s web sites.) If this is true, then we’ve lost […]
40 Days of Life
Forty Days of Life is a peaceful, prayerful response the poverty of abortion. The Coalition for Life is a community based Christian pro-life organization made up of over 90 churches […]
