Students Grow Vegetables for Kids in a Food Desert

The kids at Summit Elementary School in Butler, Pennsylvania, are looking out for their peers five miles away at Broad Street Elementary. Broad Street ...

Her Fish Wasn’t Allowed to Fly. An Airline Worker Looked After It.

At the end of her freshman year at the University of Tampa, Kira Rumfola packed her bags and headed to the airport with her favorite roommate: a colorful ...

Misdiagnosing a Problem Never Solves It

In his recent book, Heath Adamson describes the process of correctly diagnosing a problem:

Horst Schulze, the former COO of Ritz-Carlton Hotels, told the ...

We All Have Questions

Before there was the Internet and Google, the only way to find answers to a pressing question was to visit the local library and ask the all-knowing librarian. ...

Two-Year-Old Shreds $1,060 of His Family's Cash

There are the toddlers who color with permanent marker all over the wall or decide a sibling needs a haircut. Then, there is Leo Belnap, a two-year-old ...

Poll Asks: 'Can Religion Solve Today's Problems?'

In 1957, a time of greater religious commitment in the United States, 82 percent of Americans said that religion could answer all or most of the day's ...

Tangled Web: When a ‘Solution’ is More Dangerous than the Problem.

Some silly people are terrified of spiders. If you're one of them, then a recent story from the New York Times is for you. Apparently, a Seattle man ...

The Definition of Problem

The best definition I've heard of a problem is, "A problem is something I can do something about!"

Wrongheaded Repair

It is much easier to fix blame than to fix problems.

Definition Is a Prerequisite for Resolution

Let me give you a principle to remember: Definition is a prerequisite for resolution.

In other words, if you can define a problem, you can usually deal ...