The lessons we learn from our parents stick with us. The children of World War II veterans got some special insights. A look back on a 2024 piece on Father’s Day.

I’ve been searching for a way to summarize the state of American anxiety. I found it last weekend – in a slamming door. And it’s important we figure out how to open it.

“Good, better, best, never let it rest, till the good is better and the better is best.” But what’s so bad about good and better?

Science and religion agree: less smartphone = more thought time + better mental health..

If we want to pay bills, we all need to find work. But if we want to live a full life, we need to find our whistle.

As vague and disagreed-upon as it was, there was something valuable about the term “vice.” These days, the cumulative nature of vice is crowding out nice.

‘Tis the season when a lot of places ask us to give money. Most of us don’t.

Jim Hunt didn’t just get elected a bunch of times — every time he got things done. But how?

Gov. Jim Hunt changed the state of North Carolina. But he also changed a lot of individual people’s lives — like mine.

Is empathy saving us or killing us?

In case you missed it, there’s a war on empathy. Empathy needs to win this one.

What are you going to do with your life? Maybe it starts with just one tiny step of kindness.