The Hunger Christ Blesses

It is the desire for God which is the most fundamental appetite of all, and it is an appetite we can never eliminate. We may seek to disown it, but it ...

Hollywood Publicist Frustrated with Beauty

Hollywood publicist Michael Levine lives in what many consider the beauty capital of the world, surrounded on a daily basis by gorgeous women. But he ...

CEO Focused on Materialistic Competition

Peggy Noonan describes an encounter with an American CEO:

I am talking with the head of a mighty American corporation. We're in his window-lined office, ...

Chesterton on Getting Money

To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Python Explodes After Swallowing an Alligator

Wildlife researcher Michael Barron was making his way through Florida's Everglades National Park when he stumbled onto a gruesome demonstration of ...

Forcing Hoarders to Clean Up Won't Solve the Problem

A USA Today article described the Seattle home and lawn of an elderly man as resembling a junkyard. After many complaints by his neighbors, relatives ...

When $15 Million a Year Is Not Enough

Born into a small house crammed with lots of people, professional basketball player Scottie Pippen didn't have much as a boy. But his journey into ...

Psychologists Discover What Makes People Happy

Psychologists are studying what makes people happy. "Materialism is toxic for happiness," says University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener. ...

Wealth Irrelevant to Contentment

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

See What You Have

If Danny Simpson had known more about guns, he might not have needed to rob the bank. But in 1990, in Ottawa, Canada, this 24-year-old went to jail, and ...