The American Sobriety Experiment

Alcohol use is declining. That’s the bad news.

When Did Empathy Get Hijacked?

We didn’t lose empathy. We lost the ability to disagree without being disagreeable.

The Growing Pains of Affluence

How Unprecedented Prosperity Created a Generation Unprepared for Life

Is Civility Really Dead?

Courtesy is an outward reflection of an inner peace.

The Misinterpretation of the American Dream

It’s not at all what you think it is

The Ultimate Act of Compassion?

Twenty-Five Years of Bowling Alone

The steady decline of human connection

When Everything is Free, Nothing has Value

We’ve reduced the "cost" (and value) of the the human experience.

Why Aren’t the Kids Getting Married?

....or having sex?

The Three Secrets of Resilient People

"Into each life some rain must fall"