"Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there", said Tom Joad of the Grapes of Wrath. Resolving to connect his soul with the greater identity of humankind, Tom exclaims, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm...

As mothers, we want the best for our children. We all share a hope that our children will be better off than we were, or the generation before us. But are they?

Across the globe, whether you live in Africa or the United States, the attained height of its...

"Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law"

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is thought by many to be one of the most influential minds of the past two hundred years. If Kant were alive, he would be instructing today's CEO's that value creation can...

I grew up listening to mother say to me "Remember, you are what you eat." It was her way of getting me to eat my vegetables, which at that time consisted of iceberg lettuce and canned wax beans. As a...

The word "serendipity" comes from the Persian fairy tale "The Three Princes of Serendip," whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of." In the strangest of places under the strangest of circumstances I met such a hero.

Sometimes...

"Don't blow it-stay healthy." That was The Stars' front page headline the day I landed in Cape Town. I had come to Cape Town to moderate a panel on global health at the Fortune/TIME/CNN Global Forum. While I had no...

During my trip to Haiti in 2007, I was struck by the proliferation of NGOs and international aid agencies throughout the country. I later came to learn from President Clinton, that with the exception of India, Haiti has more NGOs per capita working there than any other nation...

Is happiness real? Is it possible that happiness is a tangible asset whose value can be measured and quantified? Think about owning a bar of gold. Its value is simply a reflection of various macroeconomic variables. The gold bar is nothing more than a talismanic arbiter of global trade imbalances...

When you look at the picture to the left, what do you see? Do you see the old woman or the young lady? Can you see both? We have a natural tendency to remain convinced by what we see,...

How many times have you said, or heard someone else say, "I can't afford to be sick right now?" It's an overused cliché that deserves a little attention especially with the outbreak of H1N1 in most people's mind and backyard. However, I'm thinking of it for different reasons. Since returning...

Okay, so it's not every day that you see the words "Miss Universe" and "Worms" together. But get used to it. Thanks to a partnership between the Miss Universe Organization and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Miss Universe will frequently be sharing headlines with worms.

These are not...