Confession Booth

Confession Booth

Reed College in Oregon is widely regarded as one of America’s most socially progressive campuses.Its annual springtime student festival, Renn Fayre, is, to put it mildly, faith-averse.  The campus is shut down for three days so the students can come together and...
Deep Humility

Deep Humility

A newly promoted military officer was ecstatic to discover that he had just merited his first private office.On his first day on the job, he sat down in his chair and surveyed his desk, his bookshelves, and his very own telephone. A moment later, as he looked out...
Be Considerate

Be Considerate

Conrad Hilton, founder of the hotel empire that bears his name, was once Johnny Carson’s guest on The Tonight Show.At one point Carson said, “If you could look into that camera and say just one thing to America, what would it be?”Hilton turned and looked into the...
The Smartest Person in the Room

The Smartest Person in the Room

Linus Pauling was always the smartest person in the room. These days we hear the word “genius” associated with people who excel at making omelets, organizing birthday parties, and playing fantasy football.  Pauling, who was born in 1901, was an old school...
Early Warnings

Early Warnings

On two occasions more than 40 years ago, the whole world almost had a very bad day.At mid-morning on November 9, 1979, watch officers at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) inside Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, were shocked to see their early warning screens...