Comfort, it turns out, isn’t the whole story behind happiness. In fact, it seems the opposite might play a much bigger role. Here’s why.
How eye contact, in a world increasingly looking downwards or away, can help remind us about the humanity of those around us.
What does it really mean to be in love? Answers from observing an elderly couple who lived it right in front of me.
In a move that elicited outrage, disbelief and a range of other emotions, George Zimmerman put up for auction the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin in 2012. Martin claimed the gun was “an American Firearm icon”. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield now explores what the appropriate reaction should be, from disgust to humor.
When it comes to the Hamilton hype, how can anything—any show, any idea, any person, be that worthy of intense cultural focus?
We are so used to discussions surrounded weight loss that involve physical solutions. But it could be just as likely that weight gain can be caused by our trying to fill a spiritual hole within, one which no diet will solve.
What’s worse: how digital media changes how we think or how we talk about digital media changing how we think?
While certainty can provide us with comfort, there is often an overlooked power in the mystery we experience in life.
“I don’t regret my conduct. I will accept the consequences.” – The heroic story of Sophie Scholl, the woman who was killed resisting the Nazis. Today would be her birthday.
On the morality of the death penalty, war, and generally believing some people deserve to die.