The Nostalgia Machine
Have you ever felt in one of those lonely, sad, or just funky moods when a pop song suddenly brought … Continue Reading
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Take Your Next Steps at Your Own Pace
Besides breathing, there may be no more common activity than walking. The movie Journey to the West (based loosely on … Continue Reading
The Future of Funerals
How we deal with death tells us a great deal about how we think about life. No surprise there, right? … Continue Reading
Empathy, Cruelty and Extremism: Our Week in Wisdom
On The Wisdom Daily this week (March 9-13), we examined a book about humanizing the innovation process, an app that’s … Continue Reading
Are Racist Chants Free Speech?
From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: The University of Oklahoma has expelled two students and shut down the … Continue Reading
The Crazy Rituals of Creative People
Did you know that Benjamin Franklin started his day with an “air bath” – which means he sat around naked? … Continue Reading
Parents Who Mistrust Vaccines
I found myself quite engaged recently while reading a deeply personal, highly moving piece in the Washington Post, “Why Parents … Continue Reading
The Limits of Forgiveness?
We seem to be endlessly fascinated with the topic of forgiveness, more often about granting it or receiving it than … Continue Reading
Why Not Call ISIS What It Is?
Much has been made about the Obama administration’s intent on identifying ISIS and others as “murderous extremists,” rather than “Islamic … Continue Reading
The Unethical World of Yik Yak
One of the greatest Westerns in film history, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, comes to mind when I … Continue Reading