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  • Creativity Scores in America Have Steadily Declined Since 1990. Why?

    Creativity Scores in America Have Steadily Declined Since 1990. Why?1

    Prompted by my nine-year-old’s son’s emerging interest in photography, I have been introduced to the life and legacy of Ansel Adams, the renowned 20th-century American landscape photographer. As a curious and energetic child, with an innate need to move and act, schooling was not a good fit for Ansel. In his autobiography, he describes his

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  • Creativity Is the Antidote to AI

    Creativity Is the Antidote to AI0

    I recently had the fun of participating in a choral performance premiering a new oratorio on the life of John Newton, the slave-trader turned Christian minister and writer of the beloved hymn, “Amazing Grace.” One never knows how something new will be received, but when the audience leapt to its feet in a wave at

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  • Creating Healthy Reading Habits in Our Age of Distraction

    Creating Healthy Reading Habits in Our Age of Distraction3

    Over the years, I have tried to implement well-balanced reading habits in my daily life. There have been times when I was convinced I could get by on the entertaining tales of Neil Gaiman and George Saunders. There have been other times when I held that the literati were supposed to stick to the highbrow

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  • Creating Habits in an Age of Distraction

    Creating Habits in an Age of Distraction0

    There’s no doubt that we are more distracted than ever in our age of screens. Everything from the latest news on social media to our favorite movie to online shopping is only a few clicks away. The cost, though, is not a light one: The productive and meaningful habits in our life are taking a

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  • Creating a Traditionalist Community

    Creating a Traditionalist Community0

    It’s easy to feel isolated these days. It’s especially lonely for those of us who are conservative, religious, or traditionalist persons. We don’t usually get to choose our social environments and find few (if any) true kindred spirits in our school and college years, or later in our careers. Social media seems to have replaced

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  • Crazy Hopes

    Crazy Hopes0

    A very interesting British man named Simon Parkes has become a YouTube phenomenon in just a few days following the events of the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6 and Trump’s apparent concession speech the following day. Parkes has told disappointed Trump supporters that he is in direct contact with “Q,” the shadowy figure supposedly

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