“Critical thinking is what leads to the next breakthroughs in any area.” Quote by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
“If you're going to have a kid who engages in critical thinking, you're not going to shut them down when they ask a question. You're not going to settle for "because." You're going to encourage them to ask more. And you want them to understand how other people think.” PeopleThinkingKidsSettlingCritical Thinking Author:Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
“As a longtime career guy, I like quiet diplomacy behind closed doors. This is not what we're getting with Donald Trump. At the end of the day, it's what America does, how people perceive us, in the long run, our reliability and such, and, thirdly, the personal relationships presidents have with their counterparts. The tweeting and some of the explosive conversations can hurt the third and can have an impact on the second, but, in the end, what we really should focus on is the policies. Some of them have been bad, the rollout of the immigration ban. Others, we have to wait and see.” PeopleLongRunningGuyWaitingPresidentHurtFocusPolicyQuietImmigrationPerceiveDiplomacy Author:James Franklin Jeffrey
“At school, when kids are being encouraged to get the one right answer and fill in that bubble, people can do things that enable their children to solve problems in multiple ways: "Can you think of different ways to make the bed?" It costs nothing, and the child is learning, "I have good ideas, I can be creative, and I can show you that I have confidence."” PeopleThinkingChildrenDifferentProblemKidsSchoolCreativeBubblesMultipleBe CreativeHave Confidence Author:Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
“My rule is when in doubt hire a professional. You could do it just this year and then you have direction to resume doing it yourself after the consultation. What you don't want is to do it wrong and be hit by a huge tax bill. Remember the old saying, "Don't be pennywise and pound foolish."” RememberDoubtTaxesFoolishOld SayingPennywise Author:Michelle Singletary
“The Orlando terrorist may be dead. But the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. And we must attack it with clear eyes, steady hands, unwavering determination and pride in our country and our values.” MindCountryEyeValuesPrideDeterminationTerroristSteady Author:Hillary Clinton
“Inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric and threatening to ban the families and friends of Muslim Americans as well as millions of Muslim business people and tourists from entering our country hurts the vast majority of Muslims who love freedom and hate terror.” PeopleCountryHateHurtTerrorRhetoricThreateningFamily And Friends Author:Hillary Clinton
“I've seen lots of murders, no murder is ever nice, and I just don't think the victim's family has an opportunity to get all the justice they might want. We seem to always forget about victim's families and we focus in on the criminal and we need to get away from that and focus on the people that are actually suffering because of the incident. They can lobby their elected State's Attorney to have the death penalty on the table.” PeopleThinkingSufferingOpportunityJusticeForgetFocusNiceMurderGet AwayDeath PenaltyAttorney Author:John Cabello
“I understand and respect people who say they want to boycott the Trump brand. I also respect your right to buy his products. But what you miss is that no one in public office, Hilary or Trump should use that platform to profit themselves. In Trump's case there are serious concerns about the conflict of interest in his brand and business ownership. Do we really want a president who had products he can push while working for the American people?” PeoplePresidentInterestMissingSeriousConflictOfficeConcernOwnershipBoycottRespect People Author:Michelle Singletary
“I happen to be catholic, and I heard that the pope was asking that we abolish the death penalty and I would have to respectfully disagree with him. As many murders as I've had to deal with in my career, watching and dealing with the victim's families throughout the beginning of the incident all the way until today. There are a lot of folks that feel that they didn't have the justice that was due to them.” TodayJusticeMurderCatholicDisagreePopeDeath Penalty Author:John Cabello
“I would say that there are a lot of people who currently disagree with the death penalty, I just hope that it's never one of their family members that is killed, because then they will probably change their mind on capital punishment.” PeopleMindDisagreeDeath PenaltyCapital Punishment Author:John Cabello