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When writing Green Hills of Africa, Ernest Hemingway titled one of its sections “Pursuit as ...

“We were young citizen-soldiers, terribly naive and gullible about what we would be confronted with in ...

Welcome back to our occasional, ongoing series exploring the nature of envy.  In the previous ...

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If you're someone who's a decade or two out from your high school graduation, do you ever find yourself ...

Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black," said he wore all black on behalf of the poor and hungry, the old who were ...

At some point in your life, one of your buddies or your brother will probably ask you to be the best man ...

Do you ever feel restless? You figure you need a new job or relationship or morning routine. You wonder ...

Why do corrupt people end up in power? By way of an answer, you probably think of that famous quote ...

You’ve likely got some bad habits you’d like to get rid of. Overeating. Smoking. Scrolling ...

What are ostensibly the most meaningful arenas of life — work, school, church, long-term relationships ...

Do you ever feel like the time we live in feels flat, complacent, timid, conformist, populated by people ...

Trauma. Violence. Bullying. Addiction. The range of things that these words encompass has expanded over ...

Man has spent thousands of years mapping, domesticating, and harnessing his environment. He has sailed ...

How did one of history's greatest writers — Ernest Hemingway — get going with his craft, develop his ...

As the dying approach their death, up to 88% of them experience certain vivid, moving dreams — though ...

There could hardly be a more horrifying way to die: when young Sean O'Brien waded into the Nueces River on ...

Your co-worker gets the promotion that you applied for. You congratulate him while seething ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...