Leading up to the election, many people may have thought they would jinx their preferred candidate if they stated that they believed he or she would win. This belief that one's thoughts or hopes can ...

I just finished a book by Richard Overy called The Twilight Years analyzing the dying throes of the exceptionalism of the British Empire (American clerisy, please take note). There was a fascinating ...

Over the years, I’ve observed that there are two main modes of thinking in the business world: artful thinking and magical thinking. The two are opposites. I believe that artful thinking is key to ...

For some people struggling to lose weight, researchers say it may help to engage in a little “magical thinking” as a way to cope with the stress of dieting and being overweight. Magical thinking is ...

Demonizing greedy bankers and landlords is the last refuge of the poorly polling politician. And, as affordability remains a leading issue among voters, President Trump has regularly used rhetoric and ...

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump’s decades-old fixation on Iran threatens to derail his second term, as he displays the kind ...

In my psychotherapy practice I listen to the stories adults and children tell about their lives and I use my skill to help them reframe their personal narratives. Change the story and often patients ...

There are many definitions of Magical Thinking. One is the belief that a person’s hopes and desires can have an impact on current circumstances. Example: the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Washington often indulges in magical thinking, as politicians conjure new budgetary gimmicks or announce ambitious goals without concrete plans to achieve them. The Trump administration’s latest hocus ...

Diego de la Cruz, "The Mass of Saint Gregory" (c. 1490), oil and gold leaf on wood (all images courtesy Princeton University Press) A significant part of Koering’s thesis is that in the pre-Christian ...

It was, of course, scientifically impossible for the legendary Curse of the Billy Goat—which dictated that the Chicago Cubs would never win the World Series—to have affected the outcome of games in ...

Washington often indulges in magical thinking, as politicians conjure new budgetary gimmicks or announce ambitious goals without concrete plans to achieve them. The Trump administration’s latest hocus ...