I can imagine Jacob bemoaning his fate, justifiably. Jacob was the one, the Bible tells us, who was the dweller in tents. The Midrash explains that this does not mean that he dwelt in tents at the ...

Usually, when people say, “Just a thought,” something amazing follows or something ridiculous follows. Usually, their opinion follows. When we say it, we might be contemplating, brainstorming, or ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. In a post from a few months back, I discussed wisdom as a concept. While we all have an idea of what "wisdom" is, consistency in that understanding is debatable. I ...

Back in the 1940s, C. S. Lewis remarked on a trend that he saw gaining steam even among some of his better pupils at Oxford: a belief that books penned by the greatest minds of the previous two or ...