Elderly Woman Refuses to Take Shortcuts

While a college student, Heidi Neumark took a year off from prestigious Brown University to be part of a volunteer program sponsored by a group called ...

Man Experiences Comfort of a Friend

Journalist and author Bob Greene tells the following story in his book And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship:

There are ...

Getting Old—Having Fun

Two old fellows were walking along the shoreline of a lake when a frog came hopping up to them.

Creaking with age, one of the old-timers slowly bent down ...

Runaway Bride Seeks Identity

Katie Couric interviewed Jennifer Wilbanks on NBC News. Jennifer became famous in 2005 when she disappeared the week before her wedding. The nation watched ...

Man's Reaction Misinterpreted as Criticism

I showed up at the house of a friend and rang the doorbell. I was supposed to bring some chairs. He opened the door and said, "Ron, where are the ...

"Hello, My Name Is Scott"

While some might find wearing a nametag to be a temporary annoyance, Scott Ginsburg has worn a nametag all day, every day since November 2, 2000. Scott's ...

Everybody Needs Someone to Talk To

Marc Horowitz is convinced that everybody needs someone to talk to. What convinced him were the thousands of dinner invitations he received as a result ...

Abu Ghraib and Peer Pressure

Pfc. Lynndie England pleaded guilty on May 2, 2005, to mistreating prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. England became a central figure in the ...

Horses Prefer Risk to Loneliness

The Horse Whisperer was a movie based upon the work of Monty Roberts. In the book The Shaping of Things to Come, by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch, the ...

"The Lord of the Rings": The Fellowship of the Ring

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), a hobbit, is given the unenviable task of destroying a ring in The ...