Dr. ESP 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
In reference to the $400 million returned to Iran as part of the negotiations for the nuclear weapons agreement, Illinois Senate Mark Kirk said: We can’t have the president of the United States acting like the drug dealer in chief, giving clean packs of money to a … state sponsor of terror. Those 500-euro … Read more
Janet Adkins, a candidate for school superintendent in our community, included the following in an op-ed piece in the local paper: As a mom, I have had my child come home and share with me how he was offered “extra credit” if he could memorize the “five pillars of Islam.”…I am opposed to instruction … Read more