Category: Wisdom

  • We are living through a moment that feels heavier than a cultural trend. Esquire recently described this period with unsettling accuracy by calling it an age of “Big Stupid.” The description is blunt, yet it captures a mood that is no longer hidden beneath the surface of public life. We are not simply indifferent to…

    Why are we“Big Stupid”?
  • Thanksgiving invites many of us to think about gratitude, but it also invites us to notice the quieter realities beneath the surface. It is a day when kitchens often fill with food and friends and families gather in ways that create warmth, yet it is also a day when many people arrive at the table…

    The Choices You Can Make on Thanksgiving
  • We live in a world that worships smartness. Smart phones. Smart cars. Smart policies. Smart people. The word itself is a magic spell, used to make anything sound advanced, modern, or right. But here is the uncomfortable truth: smart is not the same as correct. A lot of what we call smart today is just…

    AI Code Red: Smartness— Old, Wrong, or Automated
  • If you have ever offered a principled “why” in a room that wanted only a convenient “how,” you already know the quiet ache of divergent thinking. You know the moment when a suggestion rooted in justice lands flat because the system prefers speed over depth and procedure over truth. If you have watched an institution…

    The Uppity Minority: University of Houston Attacks A Divergent Thinker?
  • The past several days have produced a wave of viral posts across Instagram, Threads, and Facebook warning that the federal government is preparing to remove teaching, nursing, social work, counseling, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health, and audiology from the category of professional degrees. These posts claim that the Department of Education, under a revived…

    Severe and Extreme Shortages Ahead for Teaching, Nursing, and Much More

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