This week’s essay is from the New York Times. We can’t get any lower then that can we? But in certain mental states, we like a good sappy story that celebrates the irrationality that makes life worth living. And the essay from the New York Times on a adoptive mother’s irrational love certainly celebrates that.

For comparisons sake, you should also read this story so you understand how rational people act. The comparison and contrast provides a good example of the deficiencies of rational thinking.