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  • People Are Increasingly Unaware of Their Ignorance, and It’s a Problem

    People Are Increasingly Unaware of Their Ignorance, and It’s a Problem6

    “Has there ever been a time in the world’s history when people were more sure of their opinions?” asks Jim Ferrell of the Arbinger Insitute. Ferrell observes, “We become set in our opinions precisely because we have lost sight of the fact that they are merely opinions…our culture is suffering from what one might call ‘opinion

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  • Why Architecture Matters

    Why Architecture Matters1

    Several years ago, I was in Washington D.C., going to the classic tourist spots and visiting several of the popular Smithsonian museums. Because I heavily relied on walking to get from place to place, I passed by many interesting sights that I wasn’t otherwise touring, such as the White House or the U.S. Capitol. But

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  • How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?

    How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?38

    One evening in early April I was waiting for my ten-year-old twin granddaughters to finish their indoor soccer practice when a girl their age approached me and said, “Your coat looks really nice.” It was a wet, chilly evening, and I was wearing a London Fog given me thirty years ago by an elderly widow

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  • Ignoring the Obvious: Mass Murder, Guns, and Evil

    Ignoring the Obvious: Mass Murder, Guns, and Evil10

    Every time there is a mass murder event, the vultures launch. It’s fascinating in a sickening way. A bunch of people get killed, and within minutes the same crew of anti-gun zealots shows up all over the news and social media, pushing the same tired proposals that we’ve either tried before or logic tells us

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  • Indifferent Citizens Are No Better Than the Corrupt Government They Detest

    Indifferent Citizens Are No Better Than the Corrupt Government They Detest5

    It’s not much of a secret that I’m a fan of old movies. Friends have teased me that I know the names of actors and actresses from the 1930s and 1940s better than those on the big screen today—and they’re right, I do! There’s a wholesomeness about the old movies that I love, and although

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  • Making the Most of Each Day

    Making the Most of Each Day11

    When I was a very little girl, I loved a book titled Apron Strings and Rowdy. The simple storyline had twin bear cubs emerging in the early spring from their dark cave and into the splendor of sunlight. There was something about the hopefulness, the playfulness, the newness, the adventure that captured my little girl

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