One lesson I learned early in my career: there’s no ambiguity when you lead by example. If there’s a difficult assignment, volunteer for it. If there’s a deal to be done and it requires working over ...

As we continue to receive news of the spread of the coronavirus, we are learning to adapt individually and collectively. We sense this is a major disruption with far-ranging impact. We are uncertain ...

For example, the following sentence lends itself to two possible interpretations: (1) Old men and women left the theater. What does “old” modify in this sentence? “Men” or “men and women”? In other ...

If ever the people on our planet faced uncertainty, now is that time. Only a few weeks ago, markets were at record highs. Optimism was rampant. You might have even found yourself humming “It’s a ...

Creative ideas sometimes emerge because someone directly and explicitly asks us to come up with a new idea. It could be we're asked to help solve a pesky problem, or to generate suggestions for how to ...

Ambiguity and its cousins, contradiction and paradox, are everywhere in mathematics, both in content and thinking. Strangely, the subject that appears to be the very paradigm of reason, and that is ...

What should America do about China’s increasingly hostile stance toward Taiwan? Some have called for clear and specific promises to protect Taiwan in the event of a crisis. Such promises would break ...

There are many benefits to using inspiring stories, interesting anecdotes, thought-provoking jokes, and discussion-worthy news reports in the teaching and learning of a foreign language. Such ...