The Million Dollar Roadbed

In Western Colorado there is a road called the Million Dollar Highway. My guess is that both tourists and even most of the people who live on the western ...

Nauru: A Pacific Island Sells Its Soul

An episode of the Public Radio program "This American Life" tells the story of Nauru, a tiny, isolated Pacific island east of New Guinea and ...

More Abortions than Births in Russia

Since the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991, the life expectancy of Russians has decreased and poverty has increased.

One tragic side effect ...

Bottled Water Is an Irrational Consumer Preference

According to New York Times columnist Tom Standage, "Americans are squandering billions of dollars on bottled water." Outsold only by soda, ...

Angry Wife Gets Revenge on eBay

British shock-radio host Tim Shaw may have finally learned a valuable lesson about the consequences of our words.

While working his usual 10 p.m. to 1 ...

Overdue Book Prompts Generosity

Joel Schelsinger borrowed a book from his local library in Orchard Park, New York. But by the time Joel revisited the library to return the book, it was ...

Teen Brought Luggage to Her Baptism

When Texas pastor Jim Denison was in college, he served as a summer missionary in East Malaysia. While there he attended a small church. At one of the ...

Strangler Fig Leaves Tree Hollow

The Brazilian walnut tree is majestic in size and strength. But this beautiful tree has one enemy, the strangler fig. When a strangler fig seed lands ...

Captain Refused to Acknowledge He Was Lost

On September 3, 1989, Varig Airlines Flight 254 was at Brazil's Maraba Airport preparing for takeoff. Under normal circumstances the hop to nearby ...

Husband Sends a $17,000 Apology

After 17 years of marriage, Marianne finally left Larry. "It was a culmination of things," said Larry. "But I am desperately trying to ...