Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Column: Changing our minds

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

~ William blake

Change is hard, and perhaps no kind of change is more difficult than that of changing our own minds.

Our opinions are rooted in what we believe, and we are loath to admit that what we believe about a subject is flawed. It hurts the ego to admit we might be wrong, and humans are…