Hope Matters: It’s Not Just A Mood It’s A Mindset

Hope Matters: It’s Not Just A Mood It’s A Mindset

A study at the University of Missouri’s Department of Psychological Sciences involving 6 experiments and over 2300 participants concluded that hope is more important than happiness or gratitude in making life meaningful. Happiness, for example, is often tied to what’s...
Abandoning Hopelessness

Abandoning Hopelessness

In The Inferno Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription ending with the phrase “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate”, most frequently translated as “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here”. Under the daily...
DEI and Mindsets

DEI and Mindsets

Getting to the Heart of DEI (Diversity, Equality, Inclusion) with the Interdependent Mindset  In a recent interview by black journalists Donald Trump was asked if he supported DEI. The interviewer explained that it stood for Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. Trump...
Identity Culture, Protests, and the Rise of Intolerance

Identity Culture, Protests, and the Rise of Intolerance

There is much talk these day about what it means to be woke. Sometimes the word is used in a way that makes it seem a desirable state of awareness. In other cases it is used as a pejorative indicating that to ascribe to being woke is to support extreme leftist causes....
Arthur Miller and the Tragedy of the American Dream

Arthur Miller and the Tragedy of the American Dream

In response to a letter from a college student Arthur Miller wrote about Death of a Salesman and his take on tragedy in general. I see man’s happiness frustrated until the time arrives when he is judged, given social honor and respect, not by what he has accumulated...