Student Survey: Youth Value Success and Happiness

A team of researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education asked 10,000 middle and high school students the following question: "What is most important ...

The Potent Poison of Pride

According to the National Geographic website (their kids' version that is) the Pufferfish can inflate into a ball shape to evade predators. Also known ...

Believing We Drive Better Than We Do

Who's a good driver? Everyone is, if you ask them. That's the finding of an American Automobile Association survey published February 2017 that found ...

Young Adults: Independence Tops Marriage and Family

A survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau asked young adults about the importance of various life transitions. Here's what the young adults said about ...

Pope Francis Says Power Intoxicates Without Humility and Love

Did you know that the Pope gave a TED Talk? Whatever you think about the Catholic Church or it's current spiritual leader, he offered these biblically ...

Video Gamers Looking For Meaning, Order and Certainty

The numbers for the $100 billion video game industry are astonishing:

• 155 million Americans play video games.
• 40% play a minimum of 3 hours per week.
• At least 34 million play about 22 hours per week.

Airplane Passenger's Threats over $12 Blanket Causes Havoc

Recently, a plane full of Hawaii-bound passengers suddenly found itself landing in Los Angeles after a passenger began to fight with an airline employee ...

'NY Times' Article on the Stories We Tell Ourselves

In a New York Times article titled "The Stories We Tell Ourselves," philosopher Todd May notes that we're often telling stories about ourselves—mainly ...

'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 it used ...

Millennials Prefer 'Commitment Phobia'

Elizabeth Landau, a 32-year-old single person, wrote in a Scientific American article that a lot of people her age (Millennials) are what she calls "commitment ...