It’s something of a cliche to observe that Westerners typically avoid thinking about death, and live ...

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While embedded on an Army outpost in one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan, journalist Sebastian ...

We have moved from living in an information age, to living in a personality age. There is so much ...

When the Japanese overran the Philippines during WWII, an American exporter found himself confined to an ...

In the immediate aftermath of an awkward date, blown job interview, aborted attempt to meet a mentor, ...

Maybe you’re the religious type. Maybe you’re not.  Either way, you should consider accepting ...

When we think about fads, we typically think about things like clothes and toys. But ideas — from those ...

Transitions can be some of the most difficult parts of life. Childhood into adolescence; adolescence ...

The Semai, an indigenous people who inhabit the Malay Peninsula, may represent the most non-violent and ...

You’re about to begin a beautiful hike into the mountains. Your guide presents you with two options ...

Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, was talking with an associate, when another ...

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Consumerism is largely associated with the desire to acquire material goods. But ever since its dawning at ...

After being inspired by a family who exemplified genuine, guileless happiness to give up a hedonistic ...

Emerson said that the average man is “born red, and dies gray.” By this, he meant that when a baby ...

In the heat of the afternoon, a stag stopped at a pool in the woods to drink. Seeing his reflection in its ...

People almost universally recall their adolescence, at least the part encapsulated by the middle school ...

We exist in an age of limitless optionality. There are few universal social mores to check our behavior, ...