What Happens When Parents are Rude in the Hospital?

The New York Times reported on an interesting study in an article titled "What Happens When Parents are Rude in the Hospital." A researcher ...

Actor Heath Ledger's Risky the Joker Role

"I think the Joker killed Heath Ledger." So writes attorney Jay Gaskill in his review of The Dark Knight, a film about the superhero Batman. ...

U.S. Hit by 'Cost Disease'

There might be good reasons why many of us feel stressed by financial challenges. Economists have a term for our rising costs—they call it "Cost ...

'People' Magazine Tries to Make a 'Sindex'

People magazine once undertook a part-serious, part-tongue-in-cheek survey of its readers on the subject of sin. The results were published as a "Sindex," ...

Terminal Cancer Patients Question Life's Meaning

William Breitbart, the chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, specializes ...

Has Romantic Love Become an Idol?

Is it possible to make an idol—or even a whole religion—out of romantic love? Consider the lines from these popular songs:

Gonna build my whole ...

Rock Star Reflects on His Mortality

Iggy Popp (aged 77 as of December 2024) is a singer, musician, and actor, whose band, the Stooges, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In ...

Happiness Obsession Has Failed To Deliver On Its Promise

In the late eighties and early nineties, there were several hundred studies about happiness published each year; by 2014, there were over 10,000 per year. ...

'NY Times' Article Asks, 'When Did Humility Get So Vainglorious?'

An article in the New York Times observes how "humility is not what it used to be." As a matter of fact, it may be the exact opposite of what ...

Study Shows that Sleep Actually Shrinks Our Brains

Proper sleep habits have long been understood as essential to physical and mental health, but the exact reasons why have still remained a matter of scientific ...