BABIES COME into the world seeking out comfort, so their first word is often “mama”. It is easy to say and reflects the bond of mother and child. Meanwhile those leaving this world often make a ...

In 1942, the great psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, his wife, and parents were deported to the Nazi Theresienstadt Ghetto. His father died of pneumonia half a year later from the ghetto's deplorable ...

I bet most readers recall the 2002 sleeper hit film, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” written by and starring Nia Vardalos. The movie centered on Fotoula “Toula” Portokalou, a middle-class Greek American ...

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." --Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride" It would be easy to say that everything I ever needed to know I learned from "The ...

From work to travel to personal hobbies, people across the 17 publics surveyed draw meaning and fulfillment from the activities that make up their daily lives. This is particularly the case when it ...