The “Cathedral Effect”

Enter a high-ceilinged room and 3x your creativity. This actually happens and it's called "The Cathedral Effect." The higher the ceiling, the more *space* your thoughts get to stretch and soar. This is why you feel more creative in cathedrals, airports, and under the open sky...

Is this true? I don't know, but I've always felt that way in lofty quiet places. That's why, a long time ago, I wrote, "How to love going to church: a guide for atheists."

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Uniparty Defense Spending and Middle East Foreign Policy

It was entirely predictable with Trump, just as it was entire predictable with Biden, Obama, and so forth. Welcome to the US Uniparty re Defense Spending and Middle East Foreign Policy. It doesn't matter who we elect. It's always the same thing.

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