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Wal-Mart Employee Finds and Returns $20,000
In the fall of 2012, Bismark Mensah, a recent immigrant to the U.S. from Ghana, was working part-time job as a "courtesy associate" at a Wal-Mart ...
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Michael Jordan Still Driven by Basketball Glory
When Michael Jordan turned 50, ESPN Magazine ran an extended essay/interview about Jordan's continuing obsession (or idolatry) with the best days ...
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Wood Ticks and the Disease of 'More'
Nancy Ortberg tells the story about how their family dog, a golden retriever named Baxter, would get covered with ticks. So after doing some research ...
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Atheism Is Impossible; Everybody Worships
Everybody has to live for something, but Jesus argues that if that thing is not him, it will fail you. It will enslave you …. Nobody put this better ...
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Former North Korean Prisoner Talks about Happiness
According to Amnesty International, North Korea has a vast network of gulags that imprison over 200,000 people. The most feared camp is known as "Total ...
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Silver Place Olympians Aren't Satisfied
Olympic athletes turn down social opportunities in order to go to bed early, get out of bed before the sun comes up, and limit their diets to include ...
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The Credit Card—One of History's Most Influential Objects
Neil MacGregor's book the History of the World in 100 Objects chronicles the things that have had the greatest impact on human history. (The items ...
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Entitlement Mindset Produces Ingratitude
The bigger our sense of entitlement, the smaller our sense of gratitude …. [Our entitlement mindset] has led to a proliferation of lawsuits: when ...
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Historian Observes Our Inflated Expectations
Historian Daniel Boorstin suggests that Americans suffer from all-too-extravagant expectations. In his much-quoted book, The Image, Boorstin makes this ...
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Black Friday Trampling at Walmart
Professor James A. Roberts uses the following true story to illustrate the power of our "worldwide consumer culture" (which he defines as "the ...
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