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Maggie & OST
My sister Maggie, at the Whitehall Mall, where we both worked years ago . . . selling books.
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American Journal of Psychology
It’s an honor to have my book, On Second Thought, reviewed in the august pages of The American Journal of Psychology, and by the distinguished philosopher and neuroscientist Mauro Maldonato. In keeping...
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Tributaries of the Mind
August 17 I live on Cornfield Creek, a small tidal tributary of the Maryland’s Magothy River. We wouldn’t have called this a creek where I grew up. Creeks were narrow streams of moving water, often...
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Cornfield Creek Diary: Collision and Solidarity
August 24 There was a boating accident right off our creek this week. I’m surprised we didn’t hear it, it was that close. Two powerboats collided head-on, just around the point on Sillery Bay. It’s...
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Character and Cognition on Cornfield Creek
September 4 When you look down on Maryland’s Magothy River from a satellite, its shape resembles a dead shrub, stripped of all its foliage. All that remain are the thick, silhouetted trunk and lots of...
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A Mountainous Riddle: The View From Cornfield Creek
September 11 The main drag through Pasadena Peninsula is called Mountain Road. Also known as state highway 177, it is the only way in and out of many Magothy River communities, including ours on...
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Clap Clap Boom Boom Slam
The Washington Post, my local newspaper, ran a fascinating and unusual front page story this morning. The article focused on a recent phenomenon at Alice Deal Middle School called Cups. Cups is a...
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Holy Heuristics!
I wrote this a while back, but watching the ecstatic crowds in St. Peter’s Square has inspired me to repost it. More than a billion Catholics worldwide are celebrating the election of a new leader,...
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A Bunch of Little Scrooges
Alms for the poor. Sidewalk Santas with clanging bells. The words and images may seem a bit Dickensian, but the charitable sentiment still resonates throughout the winter holiday season. After all,...
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Why fuzzy, ambiguous resolutions work best
Okay, so it’s January 8th and you’re at the gym with your fresh commitment to shed those holiday pounds and get fit once and for all. First step, after hopping into your bright new gear, is to have...
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