I am very happy to live in a place in which rationality and compassion thrive. Colorado legislated the first extensive capitalistic medical marijuana laws this past summer. Local communities were ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...

Rather than automatically associating rules governing voting with voter suppression, which makes it difficult to have a reasonable conversation, the conversations should begin with the Constitution ...

Emotion, not rationality, rules our world – something policymakers should learn. So says David Brooks, who uses fiction to illustrate cognitive science It came from covering policy failures as a ...

Much has been written about the change of tone at City Hall this year: the marked increase in civility and decrease in drama. Equally welcome has been the distinct gravitation toward rationality and ...