Our ICYMI World

ICYMI stands for "In Case You Missed It,” (in case you didn't know). It is most often used on X to re-promote an interesting link, but ...

Landon Donovan on the Fickleness of Praise

Former pro soccer star Landon Donavan was the standard-bearer of American soccer for more than a decade. When Donovan was growing up in California, he ...

The High Value on Becoming Famous

The drive to become famous is becoming a high value for many people in our culture. That's the conclusion of two social observers. In a speech, New ...

Confessions of a Funeral Director

Mortician Caleb Wilde is a 6th generation funeral director, who garnered international attention through a blog and TED talk that explores the humanity ...

Parents, Being ‘Cool’ … Isn't

A piece in The Washington Post observes the growing phenomenon of "cool" parenting—complete with selfies. There's just one problem ...

Actress Laments Our 'Fixation on Youth'

In a New York Times article, actress Frances McDormand spoke out against what she called Hollywood's and America's "perverse fixation on ...

Actor Bill Murray: 'We're not that Wonderful'

In a 2014 interview, the actor Bill Murray was asked about his then current eligible bachelor status. (Murray went through a painful divorce in 2009.) ...

Ghosts from Past Relationships Haunt Marriages

After almost ten years and six children together, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt decided to tie the knot and get married. This isn't just a Hollywood ...

Secular Author Says, 'I Miss God'

"I don't believe in God, but I miss him."

This is the opening line from a book titled Nothing to Be Afraid Of by the award-winning British ...

Americans Display Extreme Over-confidence

[Americans] have tremendous faith in themselves. In 1950, the Gallup organization asked high school seniors, "Are you a very important person?" ...