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A ship is safe in harbor. But that’s not what ships are for. – William Shedd It’s an old question, what to do when you retire. How should you handle your …

It’s the Spring of 1989 in Beijing, China, and student activists are surrounding Tiananmen Square, peacefully protesting and advocating for government accountability, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and the …

According to Social Security, seniors are retiring with a load of debt. But despite having ongoing money problems, many retirees are reporting unexpected positive aspects of retirement in a recent …

The reason I talk to myself is I’m the only one whose answers I accept. — George Carlin You hear lies every day, don’t you? When you shout upstairs “Are you ready …

The people in healthcare who sit up nights worrying about potentially world-shattering death plagues are monitoring Middle East Respiratory System, known as “MERS.” It’s already infected more than 600 people worldwide, killing roughly 30% of …

There’s an old saying that nothing good happens after midnight. Which perhaps explains why cities across the US and the world are attempting to enact curfews for the long, hot summer …

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future. HIT THE ROAD, JILL — New York Times editor-in-chief …

A full 12 years and 249 days after the tragedy that redefined America, president Barack Obama dedicated the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York today, telling attendees that “nothing …

There is a part of your body that was given its name by a guy known as Rufus. We’ll leave aside the jokes for now. But it is true that …

Probably because the very idea of suicide is repellent to us, we tend to think of it as being rare. In fact, suicide is more common than we’d like to …