Comedian Turns Snarky Reply into Generosity

As a veteran comedian and improv actor, Patton Oswalt is known to have a ready retort for anyone heckling or giving him grief. But one particular time, ...

How Tim Keller Reacts to Criticism

Pastor Scott Sauls spent five years working with Pastor Tim Keller at New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Sauls writes that there are ...

Accidental Voicemail Recording Reveals School Staff Dissing Student

Leighanne Bromley was listening to a message from staff at her son’s school, and she later said when she heard the whole thing, her jaw hit the ...

Google Searches Show Disturbing Truths about Our Prejudices

Everybody lies, but Google searches reveal our darkest secrets. That's the conclusion of US data scientist Seth Stephens Davidowitz, who analyzes anonymous ...

Why Billy Joel Hasn't Released a New Album in 25 Years

Singer and pop star Billy Joel's early albums were massive hits. But according to an interview with New York magazine Joel has always been unsatisfied ...

What Do 860 Million Words Say About You?

In a recent book, Levi Lusko writes that it takes cooperation of 72 different muscles to produce speech. On average 16,000 words come out of your mouth ...

Attorney Berates Cashier for Speaking a Language Highlighted on His Website

A high-powered New York attorney went viral recently, but for all the wrong reasons.

Handheld cell-phone video of Aaron Schlossberg spread like wildfire ...

Judge Orders Man to Write 144 Compliments to Ex-Girlfriend

A Hawaii judge ordered a man to write dozens of compliments about his ex-girlfriend. It's all because he violated her protection order.

Darren Young, ...

Accidental Phone Complaint Costs Man His Job

Our harmful words may have negative consequences that we ever imagined. James Stephens learned that lesson the hard way. Stephens was fired from his ...

Matt Damon Regrets Talking More than Listening

During a January taping of NBC's The Today Show , Matt Damon expressed regret for some of the comments he made in response to the furor over sexual harassment ...