Are We Addicted to Negative Words?

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, has lectured throughout this country on the powerful, often negative impact of words. ...

Man Robs Same Store 15 Years Apart

In 1999, 25-year-old Christopher Miller was arrested after he forced employees into the back room of the Stride Rite shoe store on Hooper Avenue in Toms ...

Farmer Captures Bull with Vodka-soaked Grain

For six months, a German farmer near Regensburg tried in vain to capture his runaway bull. The bull had escaped during the summer and hid out in the Bavarian ...

Envy Is the Least "Fun" Sin

The essayist Joseph Epstein writes, "Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all."

There's plenty of research to back up Epstein's ...

Wall Street Trader Recognizes "Wealth Addiction"

By 30 years old, Sam Polk had made more than $5 million in bonuses alone during eight years working on Wall Street. As a trader, he was living it up in ...

TV Commercial Trades Oppression for Addiction

A powerful 60-second TV commercial depicted Mexico's long march out of poverty and oppression. At the beginning of the ad, thousands of Mexicans, ...

Steve Jobs's Idolatry Cost Him His Life

Steve Jobs, Apple's late cofounder and CEO, displayed incredible drive and creativity. But like all of us, Jobs struggled with idolatry. Surprisingly ...

Research Shows the Limits of Mere Willpower

Do you think you can handle temptation on just the strength of your own will-power? If so, you're probably setting yourself up for a crash. That's ...

Johnny Depp Says Alcohol Helps Him Cope

Johnny Depp says that he doesn't have a "physical need" for alcohol, but in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine he also admitted,

[Alcohol ...

Bear Gets Trapped by Tempting Jar

A 100-pound young Black Bear in Jamison City, Pennsylvania got into unexpected trouble when he found an old plastic jar. The jar contained cooking oil ...