Games reward creativity: titles like Zelda, Hitman, and MGSV let players solve problems in countless ways. Nonlinear play grows thinking: puzzles and open missions encourage outside-the-box solutions.

Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from TPM Reader BT, who recommends that big cities hold military occupation referendums. Needless to say these would not constrain President ...

NAPA, Calif. – Keegan Bradley has not shied away from saying the quiet parts out loud. “I think we all agree that me being the captain was definitely a shock to everybody,” the U.S. Ryder Cup captain ...

I don’t want to overhype the artistry coming to the Community Concert Hall, but February and early March have me genuinely reeling – in the best way. What’s ahead is truly “outside the box,” with ...

Let me first introduce myself and this blog, which is titled Total Brain Workout. I am a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, and one of my main areas of cultural research is ...

Here in the desert, we are finally in the cool embrace of autumn with all of its pleasures: college football, apple cider and no more concern about looking good in that bathing suit. And along with ...