Is Optimism Undermining America?
Optimism has never had a good name, at least among the intellectually elite. We actually know when the word “optimism” entered common parlance — with the publication of Voltaire’s (1759) Candide and the embodiment of foolish optimism in the...

Marriage and Paying Attention
Over the past thirty years four thousand couples have explained to me why they are ending their marriages. This large sample offers a window into why marriages fail Perhaps it also suggests some warning signs for couples to consider. Most marriages end...

is attempting to write a great final exam for 10th grade math ("Math II" in Georgia parlance).

RT @concisionflux Heartbreak Parlance: / whenever tears fall / the fluid language of water / translates the blues / #haiku

Ava now says "epic fail" whenever she bonks her head ("noggin," in Ava parlance) into anything.