Our Urgent Need to Examine Ideas
In a recent essay I noted that critical thinking is a more reliable guide to behavior than emotion, provided it [...]
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08, 2023
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07, 2023
How Our Minds Play Tricks on Us
I recall an interesting anecdote that speaks volumes about the workings of the human mind. Henry was driving on a [...]
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02, 2021
Overanalyzing Kindness
Since the election many of my liberal friends seem to have overcome their compulsion to lecture me on what a horrible [...]
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11, 2019
The Path of the Wandering Calf
Many years ago, when I was a college professor, I came across a poem by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911) that [...]
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06, 2019
Remembering Luis Machado
Simon Bolivar University Luis Alberto Machado (1932-2016) was a lawyer who served in various governmental capacities in Venezuela. [...]
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06, 2019
When Feelings Take Control
I recently examined four false notions promoted by Carl Rogers (and Abraham Maslow) that are well on the way to [...]
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05, 2018
Cardinal Dolan’s Discernment Deficit
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is America’s “most important churchman,” according to Newsweek. The magazine based that assessment on his position as [...]
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03, 2018
The Latest Schoolhouse Absurdity
I recently wrote, “Contemporary discussion of social issues is filled with overgeneralization, oversimplification, selective reporting of facts, and appeals to [...]
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12, 2017
A Teaching Moment Missed, Part II
Part I told the (true) story of Daniel, a high school junior whose correct answer to a test question was [...]
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11, 2017
A Teaching Moment Missed, Part I
Daniel is an 11th grade student who takes Advanced Placement courses in history, physics, English, calculus, and social studies and [...]