Johnny Depp on Death and Meaning

In an interview with Rolling Stone Johnny Depp magazine said:

I went around for years thinking, "Well, what's it all for? All this stuff that ...

Actress Shares Her View of God's "Insecurity"

Julia Sweeney is an actress and writer best known for her four-year run on Saturday Night Live and her solo shows. Her piece, Letting Go of God, she raises ...

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on Our Need for Love

In February 2014, the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died from an apparent heroin overdose. Hoffman was found dead in his apartment with a ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's 40-year Journey to Excellence

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, did not initially set out to write fantasy novels and create an entire world that he called ...

People Play the Lotto despite Ridiculous Odds

Forty-five states, along with the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, run lotteries [as of September 2024 …. According ...

Is Our "Info-glut Culture" Becoming Wiser?

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800. In 1815 the Library ...

The Price of Our Social Disconnection

Over the last 50 years, while society has been growing more and more prosperous and individualistic, our social connections have been dissolving. Emily ...

TV Commercial Trades Oppression for Addiction

A powerful 60-second TV commercial depicted Mexico's long march out of poverty and oppression. At the beginning of the ad, thousands of Mexicans, ...

LeBron James Reflects on Fleeting Fame

Pro basketball star LeBron James is a four-time league MVP who has won four NBA championships (2024 stats). But according to an interview with USA Today, ...

Actor Jeff Bridges on "Not Loving Enough"

In an interview Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges was asked to identify his worst character defect. Bridges said:

Not loving enough … Not having ...