Hot news from CNN:  Some university students are giving up casual sexual activity because they feel it’s not fulfilling. I am not making this up. Take, for instance, Vanderbilt University student Frannie Boyle.  She told CNN that, in the past, she sometimes drank to excess before parties and hooked up with a stranger or acquaintance before...

Success is:______. How would you fill in the blank? "That's easy," you might say. "Success is ... for an athlete, winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, or a gold medal: for an entertainer, winning an Oscar, a Grammy, or an Emmy; for a businessperson, being a top executive with one of the Fortune 500 companies: for a university student, being...

Not all disappointments are created equal. Tim Horton's in Canada recently brought back their "Roll Up the Rim" promotion, where by rolling up the rim on your cup of coffee you can win one of millions of free food prizes, or even computers or cars. But more often than not you won't win anything, and seeing "Please play again" is sure to be mildly...

My sister had a 9:00 a.m. appointment at the World Trade Center. On September 12. Since September 11, 2001, I've often wondered what might have happened had her appointment been a day earlier or the terrorist attacks a day later. I could have been walking the streets of New York City with her picture. What were your feelings that tragic...

(Thanks goes to Rusty Wright and Meg Korpi for this article) The headline in The Times of London grabs your attention: “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God” The tagline is even more pointed: “Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset.” What...

Happy with your grocery bills these days?  Do those gasoline pump meters seem to whir like Vegas slot machines, except you never hit the jackpot? The two issues are not unrelated and they’re affecting pocketbooks and bellies at home and around the globe.  Some Westerners might react with detached shock to stories of food riots in places like...

Has someone you know lost their home to foreclosure? Have you? The psychological effects can be devastating. The mortgage crisis and related stress have seen an increase in symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to the extreme of suicide. USA Today relates the heart-wrenching story of Oregon residents Raymond and Deanna Donaca. The couple...