Certainty, like dogma, is one of those things that people hate only when they disagree with what people are certain (or dogmatic) about. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg’s weekly ...

A close friend of mine once confessed, “If I could just understand why we’re here, I could finally relax.” It’s a colossal question—one he may never get an answer to. But the truth is, most of us are ...

Doubt and certainty are feelings on opposite poles of an axis, each having a significant role to play as you progress down your path of personal development. While certainty can make your actions more ...

There’s a certain kind of arrogance that doesn’t yell or pound its chest. It doesn’t walk into the room wearing a three-piece suit. It floats in on a green juice, speaks calmly on a panel and signs ...

After we were received into the Catholic Church we got some snide comments from our former friends: “How nice for you. Now that you’re Catholic you won’t have to think for yourself anymore.” Does one ...

Researchers for years have understood how attitudes held with certainty might predict behavior, but psychologists now suggest there may be a more general disposition at work that predicts the ...

“And in [William] Pryor’s case, his beliefs are so well known, so deeply held, that it’s very hard to believe, very hard to believe that they’re not going to deeply influence the way he comes about ...

Jana Eggers, senior vice president for Products and Marketing at Blackbaud, recently shared with me this terrific quote by Madeline Albright: “Be confident, not certain.” It’s become my mantra.

After spending over 30 years in technology working alongside many of the brightest and most successful entrepreneurs, executives and inventors, what I know is that achievement is not defined by a ...

The only constant is change. It's the most basic fact of human existence. Nothing lasts, nothing stays the same. We feel it with each breath. From birth to the unknown moment of our passing, we ride a ...