Heart vs Head is an ancient debate, but for most important decisions, we need to use both. For public policy, I think the optimum combination is data and love. By love, I mean the more sophisticated religious formulations, with many different kinds of love. Love you neighbor, but also love …
When I was young, I had three heroes: Leonardo da Vinci, Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington, three great men with brilliant minds who represented to me creativity, courage and perseverance. I never thought, nor anyone ever suggested, that I should not be able to see myself as any of …
Predictably, yet another mass shooting has led to yet another impassioned debate about the AR-15. And predictably, this debate will result in …
What might have caused the mysterious break in homicides rates in Baltimore in 2015?
In the last few years, a lot of people who previously would have hated Libertarian ideas — such as the idea that …
Mass movements, and cultural changes in general, are driven by True Believers, people who are committed to their cause with religious zeal. …
One of my long-term irritations with nonprofits is that donors can get deductions for donations to organizations that don’t have as much …
Last September, Columbia Journalism Review reported on American’s low and declining trust in the media. In hope of exposing some reason for …
While reading a bit about KIPP schools, a compensatory education program for minority students, I found a report that has some interesting, …
The US has been shedding manufacturing jobs since about 2000. ( Not 1970 as many people believe . ) But, a capital spending …