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  • The Decline and Fall of ‘The Andy Griffith Show’

    The Decline and Fall of ‘The Andy Griffith Show’0

    Believe it or not, I had never heard of Andy Griffith until I was forty years old. For some reason, The Andy Griffith Show had never made an impact on British television; at least, I have no recollection of ever seeing it, unlike other American sitcoms which had formed part of the backdrop to my

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  • How Collective Narcissism Fuels Political and Social Discord

    How Collective Narcissism Fuels Political and Social Discord0

    In 2007, a British school teacher in Sudan received a jail sentence under Sharia law because she allowed her pupils to name a classroom teddy-bear ‘Muhammad’. The day after the sentence was announced, more than 10,000 people took to the streets of Khartoum demanding the teacher’s execution for blasphemy. While alternative explanations existed – the

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  • Meet the Theologian Who Taught MLK the Value of Nonviolence

    Meet the Theologian Who Taught MLK the Value of Nonviolence0

    After this last tumultuous year of political rancor and racial animus, many people could well be asking what can sustain them over the next coming days: How do they make the space for self-care alongside a constant call to activism? Or, how do they turn off their phones, when there are more calls to be

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  • Can Something Be ‘Good’ or ‘Great’, Even If You Hate It?

    Can Something Be ‘Good’ or ‘Great’, Even If You Hate It?0

    I don’t really care for C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. I sympathize with the allegory Lewis was trying to present throughout the series, but I felt that it was too overt in places, and took away from the overall narrative. To me, it was distracting. But even though I didn’t personally enjoy the Chronicles of

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  • The 10 Habits of Logical People

    The 10 Habits of Logical People0

    Becoming a logical person is not just a matter of memorizing and applying formulas, or learning how to tell the difference between a valid and an invalid syllogism. Rather, it involves cultivating intellectual habits and skills that, though they may seem simple and obvious, are only achieved after years of struggle and education. In his

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  • Failing Well Is the Key to Success

    Failing Well Is the Key to Success0

    We are a week into the new year, and undoubtedly, many have already “failed” at keeping some of their resolutions. While it is all too easy to be overly critical of ourselves, losing ourselves in self-deprecating defeat is never the productive route. So instead of getting bogged down by failure because you were not able

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