Wisdom Wherever You Find It: Another Fine Mess

Wisdom Wherever You Find It: Another Fine Mess

The public library in Wilmette, Illinois, had a small collection of 8mm films available to borrow. Like every other middle-class family in the 1960s, we had a projector on which to watch the growing collection of home movies that featured silent figures waving at the...
The Challenge of Unpursued Truth

The Challenge of Unpursued Truth

A decorative pillow in the hotel lobby brought a quick pause, an easy smile and the iPhone snapshot posted here.  It read, “I’d agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.”  Its wittiness speaks to how sure we often are about some matters — and our eagerness to win...
How We Can Work to Fix a Trust Deficit in the U.S.

How We Can Work to Fix a Trust Deficit in the U.S.

Nurses have ranked as the most trusted profession in the U.S. for the past two decades. They retained this top spot in Gallup’s latest poll about how U.S. adults view the ethics and honesty of 18 professions, with 79% of U.S. adults considering nurses to have “very...