Disclaimer: One modus operandi of the Donald Trump campaign has been the creation and distribution of conspiracy theories about his rivals. Perhaps the most infamous was linking Ted Cruz’s father to Lee Harvey Oswald. Recently the campaign has pieced together unrelated information and video clips to suggest Hillary Clinton was physically ill and incapable of fulfilling … Read more
In his award winning video Everyday Creativity, National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones suggests one key to living a creative life is by “reframing problems into opportunities.” Some people suggest Jones is merely restating the old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” a time-tested principle which can be found in English translations of Plato’s Republic. … Read more
In letter #211, St. Augustine wrote, “Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum,” which translates to, “With love for mankind and hatred of sins.” The more commonly quoted version of this sentiment comes from Mahatma Gandhi, “Love the sinner but hate the sin.” In Gandhi’s case, he appealed to his fellow countrymen to challenge British rule without … Read more
Among the questions included in the Reuters/Ipsos “Core Political Data” tracking poll is the following. Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track? The sample size is 1607 American citizens with a sampling error of plus or minus 2.8 … Read more
Two fundamental skills associated with creative or counter-intuitive thinking are: (1) detailed observation and (2) asking the right questions. (Source: The ImagineIt Project) In other words, we see something of interest and then ask, “What is this trying to tell me and why might it be important?” Sometimes a single experience will trigger an … Read more