Wealthy Investor Damages a Picasso

Throughout his life, Pablo Picasso is estimated to have produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations, ...

"Steel Magnolias": Dealing with a Child's Death

Steel Magnolias is a movie about a group of small-town, southern women whose social lives revolve around meetings at the local beauty parlor.

In this scene, ...

What Is the Perfect Age for Women?

A Kelton survey of 1,019 adult women asked the question, "What age would you want to stay eternally?"

Under 18: 2 percent 18–20: 4 percent ...

Famous Last Words

The following are the last words spoken by famous individuals:

"Nothing matters. Nothing matters." —Louis B. Mayer, film producer; died ...

Cancer Patient Finds No Comfort in Statistics

Where do you put your hope and trust when you get a bad report from the doctor? How do you get some control of the situation? Author Phyllis Ten Elshof ...

Crocodile Hunter Killed by Unlikely Animal

Steve Irwin, known around the world as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed on September 4, 2006, while filming wildlife along the Great Barrier ...

Pastor Starts Ministry for the Terminally Ill

The terminal wing of the hospital may seem like an unlikely location for active evangelism, but that's where the "Last Minute Ministry" ...

Dynamite Inventor Confronted by His Own Epitaph

In 1867, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented a new high explosive, which he named "dynamite." He was convinced that his invention would make ...

"The Question of God": Freud Bore His Own Burdens

The Question of God: Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis explores the most basic and meaningful questions about life by contrasting the views of Freud and Lewis. ...

Augustine on Death

It is necessary to die, but nobody wants to. You don't want to, but you are going to, willy-nilly. A hard necessity that is: not to want something that ...