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Las Vegas, April 22, 1995: One judge called the bout even, two awarded it to George Foreman. Thousand of miles away in the glass-roofed…

What losing one of my favourite people taught me about relationships

From two surprise decisions in first grade to earning a PhD

Grocery shopping in the tropical heat was a bad idea, but the results were good

He was taken to a dark, subterranean world where teams of interrogators humiliated and beat prisoners. He was held in a cell without…

’Tis the season for reindeer and road rage.

Exploring the Dynamics of Friendship

The painful years growing up and the big difference a best friend makes

Mental health can be Christmassy

The atmosphere this warm August Saturday night in 1961 at the Heidelberger Krug bar in Berlin’s American sector was convivial. But, as…

Your physical self might try to sabotage your plans as you age, but don’t let it

And why I absolutely love them

Kiss expectations goodbye — Be fearless, live your life, and treat yourself

But you have a high probability of being happy if you stop worrying about being filthy rich. Leave that for your descendants.

Would you follow a feeling to the edge of the universe?

Early on the morning of February 28, 1963, Sigrid Ruehrdanz left her house in the Soviet sector of Berlin to go to work. When she reached…

Make your dreams come true

This story is not a fairytale and I am not a Greek chorus

A slice of Aussie ‘barbeque wisdom’ while watching the quiet march of totalitarianism

Blink and you’ll miss this celebration in the UK

Just Gotta Get Used to the Slaughter

How to keep from being immediately vulnerable when it happens

There are some modern parallels to the original Star Wars movie trilogy

“O’Hare didn’t have any souvenirs. Almost everybody else did. I had a ceremonial Luftwaffe sabre, still do. . . . Paul Lazarro . . . had…