Last Phone Call

"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?" ...

Henry Ford's Undoing

Henry Ford is one of the biggest names in American life. His use of mass production in manufacturing the Model T automobile shaped not only the economy ...

"Casablanca": Self-Denial

In Casablanca, Rick Blaine (Humphry Bogart) is an exiled American running a popular café in Casablanca, a town in French controlled Morocco where ...

People Find Freedom by Confessing Secrets

Confession has a purpose. At least, that's what Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret.com, has come to find. Every week he receives secrets in the form ...

Madonna Feels She Was "Tricked by the World"

This self-described "rather strict mom of two kids" has achieved worldwide fame. In an interview with Ladies Home Journal, the 46-year-old woman ...

Michael Jackson Wanted His Father's Love

After Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson quoted the singer’s own words from a 2001 speech ...

Mike Tyson Declares His Life a Waste

At one time, Mike Tyson was the most feared heavyweight boxer in the ring. Based on an interview with Tyson, Jon Saraceno revealed what went wrong:

Mike ...

John McCain on Remorse

In the past, I've been able to overcome my fears because of an acute sense of an even greater fear—that of feeling remorse. You can live with ...

“Napoleon Dynamite”: Clinging to the Past

Napoleon Dynamite is the story of an awkward but loveable outsider (named Napoleon Dynamite) struggling through the ups and downs of high school life. ...

"Flatliners": Haunted by Past Sins

Flatliners is about five medical students in Chicago who are curious about what occurs to people who "flatline" (when heart and brain activity cease) ...