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Category Archives: Article
Psychology Today, The Trouble with Bright Girls, Heidi Grant Halvorson
The Science of Success How we can all achieve our goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. The Trouble With Bright Girls For women, ability doesn’t always lead to confidence. Here’s why. Published on January 27, 2011 by Heidi Grant Halvorson, … Continue reading
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New York Times: Read, Kids, Read by Frank Bruni
The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed Columnist MAY 12, 2014 Read, Kids, Read Frank Bruni As an uncle I’m inconsistent about too many things. Birthdays, for example. My nephew Mark had one on Sunday, and I didn’t remember — and send … Continue reading
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Area 51, Annie Jacobsen, delancyplace.com
“From the moment it hit the airwaves, the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had a profound effect on the American military. The following month, a handful of ‘military listeners’ relayed their sanitized thoughts on the subject to reporters with … Continue reading
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The Internet Is Probably Ruining Your Life, Marriage by Connor Simpson, The Wire, April 7, 2014
The Internet Is Probably Ruining Your Life, Marriage by Connor Simpson, The Wire, April 7, 2014 Scientists have begun to examine the ways we absorb and process information now, what with our Internets and social medias affecting the way we … Continue reading
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Of Studies, Francis Bacon, The Book of Virtues, p. 424
Of Studies by Francis Bacon Francis Bacon made this case for working hard at studies in 1597. All of us who are students should consult it when we find ourselves asking that age—old question: “How is learning this going to … Continue reading
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The American’s Creed, The Book of Virtues, William J. Bennett
P. 219 The American’s Creed, William Tyler Page In 1917, William Tyler Page of Maryland won a nationwide contest for “the best summary of American political faith. ” The U. S. House of Representatives accepted the statement as the American’s … Continue reading
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This Is What Bodies Look Like, Dale Favier, Reader’s Digest, March 2014, p. 24
People have been undressing for me for a long time. I know what you look like: One glance at you, and I can picture pretty well what you’d look like on my table. Let’s start here with what nobody looks … Continue reading
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PLNU Viewpoint, Spring 2014, Busyness, p. 18-19
In her book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, Laura Vanderkam makes the case that our culture’s insistence that we are busy in the burned out, time-starved, miserable sense, coupled with our poor ability to estimate how … Continue reading
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War Cry, Sept 15 2012, Women and Equality
NOTEWORTHY WORDS PAST & PRESENT “Until the position and mission of women are properly estimated and cared for, in vain shall we look for perfect oneness in parents, and real worth in children. Never until she is valued and educated … Continue reading
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Reader’s Digest, January 2014, p. 80
Hope Makes a Comeback It has to be better because even with all the awful things in 2013—the Boston Marathon massacre, floods in India, an NSA scandal, the Trayvon Martin case—still the world got excited over what? The birth of … Continue reading
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