Blog 3 Columns

Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’1
- November 1, 2018
I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating mental shutdown when it comes to doing mathematics. When people share their stories with me, there are common
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The Despair of Stephen Hawking’s Inconsistencies 1
- Religion
- November 1, 2018
Stephen Hawking’s own personal brief history of time is up. But he left as he lived, feisty, modern and… depressing. And without finding the Grand Unified theory he was famous for being about to discover. Hawking was once equivocal about the meaning of life or lack thereof. In his popular 1988 book A Brief History of
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Prominent Surgeon: Medical Students Now Struggle to Conduct Surgeries 0
- Culture
- November 1, 2018
Whether it’s for something as serious as cancer or as routine as a kidney stone, no one likes to hear that they have to go under the surgical knife. But such unhappy news is often lightened once a patient has the chance to talk to the surgeon and realize that he is in good, capable
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New Voter Fraud Cases Show Need to Secure Our Elections 0
- Culture
- November 1, 2018
The midterm elections are less than a week away, and that means that ensuring the integrity of the electoral process is more important than ever. If Americans cannot say with certainty that their votes will be counted, that the process is free of fraud, and the outcome is valid, what incentive do they have to
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Common Sense in Crisis 0
- November 1, 2018
What has become of “common sense” in modern corporate America? In an age where short-term profits override enduring wisdom, America seems to have lost its way in have a corporate ethics culture that works. In his book Common Sense Business—coauthored with Whitney MacMillan, former Chairman and CEO of the Cargill Corporation—Ted Malloch explains that ethically driven
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Why Has Halloween Become So Popular Among Adults?1
- Culture
- October 31, 2018
Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one step closer to becoming an adult. Not anymore. Today adults have become avid Halloween revelers, especially young adults. By 2005, just over half of adults celebrated Halloween. Today, that number has grown to over
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Scientific Survey Finds Voters of All Parties, Ages, and Genders Are Broadly Misinformed 0
- Politics
- October 31, 2018
At a recent “get-out-the-vote” rally in Las Vegas, former first lady Michelle Obama declared that people don’t have to be informed in order to vote. All they need, she said, is to “be a citizen,” “have opinions,” and want “a say in what happens.” She emphasized, “I’ve been voting since I was 18 years old—and
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Is a Second Reformation Unfolding in Front of Our Eyes?1
- Culture
- October 31, 2018
November 1st is traditionally known as “All Saints’ Day” in the Western Christian calendar–a day to remember all of the faithful departed. The day (eve) before All Saints’ Day was “All Hallows’ (an older word for “saint) Eve.” Later, in a series of twists and turns (more reminiscent of the latest TV sitcom, rather than
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A Nation Addled by Conspiracy Theories 0
- Culture
- October 31, 2018
It’s become familiar to the point of routine. After a shooting, a bombing, a national crisis of any sort, partisans on both sides fling fact-free, post-truth conspiracy narratives at each other. Within minutes of any tragedy, there’s talk of setups, crisis actors, government patsies, and alternative plot lines so outrageous they would make a fiction
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Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’1