The Parents We Want to Be vs. the Parents We Are

The Atlantic reported on a study titled "The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Messages Adults are Sending About Values." The authors of the ...

Sailboat on the Ocean Loses It's Keel and Ballast

Michael Plant was experienced and passionate about sailing the ocean's wild winds. But his third trip around the world was different. He designed ...

Needy Man Returns $125,000

NBC news ran a story about Joe Cornell of Fresno, California. While out watering the plants of his residence, the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation ...

Student Bluffs His Way onto Basketball Team Staff

Virginia college sophomore Danny Foley just wanted to be part of his school's men's basketball team—even if that meant faking his way onto ...

$40,000 Found in Couch … And Returned

The Little Rebellion broke a story about three college students who bought a $20 couch from a second-hand shop. To their amazement they found envelopes ...

Popular Japanese Composer Exposed as Fraud

The Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragochi has been hailed as the "Japanese Beethoven" for creating hit symphonies despite his deafness. He claimed ...

Inspectors Find No Meat in "Beef" Pie

In February 2013, Great Britain's Food Standards Agency closed a slaughterhouse and a processing plant after investigators found horse carcasses had ...

Small Bubble Wrecks Havoc on Airplane

A tiny, almost imperceptible flaw led to tragedy on flight of United Air 232 from Denver to Chicago on July 19, 1989. The fan disk in the DC-10's ...

Watching Eyes Reduce Crime, Increase Donations

How would your behavior change if you thought someone was watching you? Two recent studies suggest that you might start acting more honestly. A 2006 study ...

Marines Must Hold Each Other Accountable

Editor's Note: The following illustration was adapted from an article by Michael Wheeler, a professor at Harvard Business School.

According to Major ...