How Long Can We Endure in a Crisis?

How much can an adult endure? If you're ever stranded in the wilderness, are caught in a burning building, or find that your scuba tank has run out ...

The Rise in End-of-the-World Films

The end is near, and it's coming to a theater near you, or right into your own living room. As of this writing (2024), over 400 end-of-the-world movies ...

Architect Humble About His Unfinished Work

In 1882 the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi started work on his masterpiece, The El Templo de la Sagrada Familia (or The Church of the Holy Family), ...

Larry King's Fear of Death

In 2015 The New York Timesreported that television commentator Larry King "is obsessed with death." His day begins with reading obituaries, ...

Life List or Bucket List—Do We Need One?

A life list or a bucket list—the basic idea has been around ever since the fifth century B.C., when Herodotus' History sent Greeks eagerly across ...

Lebron James: Basketball Star … Hope Creator?

What comes to mind when you first hear the name Lebron James? Big ego, ball-hog, best NBA player? Lebron is hoping you will add a different title to that ...

Story About a Man Whose Dreams Shattered

Tennessee Williams's short story "Something by Tolstoi," tells the story of Jacob Brodsky, a shy Russian Jew who runs his father's bookshop. ...

Film Producer on the Universe's Indifference

Here's how the late film director Stanley Kubrick (1928-199) explained his view of life: "The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create ...

Two Novels about Open or Closed Doors

Two stories were written in the twentieth century that share the same title: The Door in the Wall.

One of them won the Newbery Medal for children's ...

New Life for Homeless Man

A homeless man with no ID walked into a shelter, and left with enough money to buy permanent housing and get back on his feet. John Helinski was homeless ...