Teenager Hardened by Lack of Approval

Scott Larson writes in “A Place for Skeptics”:

I remember being approached by a 16-year-old boy named Ricky after I wrapped up my first speaking ...

Parents Forgive Daughter's Killers

Amy Biehl died a violent death. In 1993, the 26-year-old white Fulbright scholar was registering black voters for South Africa's first free election, ...

Dying Napoleon Bonaparte Changed His Mind About Forgiveness

A recently discovered draft of Napoleon Bonaparte's will was sold at auction in Paris for $149,505(U.S.).

One month before his death, a bedridden Napoleon, ...

"Forrest Gump": When There Aren't Enough Rocks

Forrest Gump is the life story of a physically and mentally challenged man (Tom Hanks), who accomplishes the incredible with his simple reasoning and ...

Forgiveness Unloads a Sack of Potatoes

A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes to school.

They were instructed to call to mind every person ...

Boxer Refuses to Be Consumed by Bitterness

On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, ...

Cleaning a Deadly Infection

Author Rose Sweet writes:

I flew to the Midwest to visit my little brother, Fred, one of the top spine surgeons in the United States. Fred picked me up ...

Submarine Sunk by Its Own Torpedo

During World War II, the U.S. submarine Tang surfaced under cover of darkness to fire on a large Japanese convoy off the coast of China. Since previous ...

McCoys and Hatfields Bury Hatchet

After 125 years, the infamous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys is finally history. Sixty descendants of the original clans gathered on Saturday, ...

Rejected Husband Burns Family Cash

How painful is divorce? What kind of emotions does it produce? Consider one Swedish man. When his wife filed for divorce, he cashed in all their investments—worth ...