Albert Einstein once said “imagination is more important than knowledge.” Children of all ages know this better than anyone because most children, at one point or another, have an imaginary friend. When we’re young, we’re capable of surprising depth and intelligence in creating these imaginary friends – they have names, backgrounds, answers to any questions [...]
Monthly Archives — February 2009
Outwit, outplay, outlast
2009 is only two months old and we’ve already had two significant plane disasters – one ending in a heroic Hudson landing, the other ending in sorrow and fire. There are obviously differences between the two incidents, including time of day, weather conditions, pilots, etc. But it does raise the question: why – and how [...]
Hollywood’s Novel Problem?
It’s Oscars Night in Hollywood and everyone is getting ready to find out which movies and actors are the best. And, as usual, there’s talk about the movies that were made from books. It isn’t a new topic at all. I’ve written about book/movie adaptations before myself. But in a new article on Slate, Willing [...]
