Imagine a mass murderer who, to make a point, massacred enough people to build 28 towers constructed with human skulls. The goal was to cow the citizenry of the territories he invaded -- to intimidate people to pay egregious taxes. This monster wannabe, who was attempting to re-enact the role...

This is an excerpt from my book, The Happiness Response, written in 1989. Here's a link to more on the book and my work with positive psychology.

Chapter 10 excerpt: "Turning Chaos Into Opportunity; Facing Adversity, Problems and Flaws"

That which does not kill me makes me stronger,"

There are different varieties of "too big"-- banks, businesses, stores, billionaires, global trade deals-- and they are all hollowing out the middle class and destroying the American dream.

I sat down for dinner last night with, Stu, an old friend from kindergarten. We've known each other for over 55...

Responses to the tragedy in Newtown indicate there are cracks in the great wall the NRA has erected to block gun control -- in places that don't require legislation -- that offer a unique, time-sensitive opportunity for activists

The Newtown tragedy is making big waves in business -- and showing...

Cloud Atlas is an extraordinary, revolutionary movie, the best one I've seen since Avatar, a truly different approach to movie-making. And the message it sends could make the right-wing hate it, so don't be surprised to see really negative reviews. Some will...

Joe Paterno's life has become a blot upon the history of Penn State, my undergrad Alma Mater. Now, there are calls to remove the statue of Paterno on the grounds of Penn State.

It might be easier to remove the statue altogether. But it would be even better to...

Crossposted from opednews.com.

2.5 minute video that will make you smile, at end of article.

On the second day of their march, about 45 marchers relaxed in the shade, played guitars, banjo, drums, horns,...

Originally published on Bottom Up Mind.

Yesterday I was walking through Philly's Fairmount Park. There were some beautiful views. So I pulled out my trusty iPhone and started snapping pictures. But I realized I was doing something for the first time. I was looking at the shots and...

I was a total Marvel comics fan when I was a kid. That meant regular trips to the local corner pharmacy to lay out 10 or 12 cents for the latest Hulk, Thor, Spidey, Fantastic Five and The Avengers.

So I had to...

I interviewed Paul Hetznecker, one of the lead attorneys among a team of 14 lawyers who defended 31 Occupy Philly protesters who were arrested on November 30, 2011, shortly after Occupy Philly was shut down. Their trial was Thursday, April 26 and every protester was acquitted of all charges --...

It's not surprising to learn that no nation on earth enshrines in its constitution the right of corporate personhood.

Mila Versteeg, associate law professor at the University of Virginia, is probably the only person in the world to have read every constitution that has been written since 1946 --...

Is the Occupy Wall Street movement fetishizing the spaces that they occupy? Are they defining the movement based on place rather than the many, many other powerful elements and symbols the movement has developed as it has birthed and evolved?

At almost all the occupied territories I've visited the words...

I first heard the term, "Occupied Territories" from Vanessa, a press person and occupier living at Occupy Philly.

Occupied Territories!!

It struck me as such a more powerful word than the words I had been using to describe the different Occupy Wall Street locales and communities.

Locales or communities exist....

Is more buying, more consuming what the U.S. needs to recover from the economic straits we're in? Maybe it's time to turn the economy upside down, to create a totally new way of measuring success or positive outcomes.

The basic underlying theory of the conservatives is that taxes discourage...

Eric Whitacre started out college wanting to be the fifth member of Depeche Mode. But he discovered choir and it changed his life.

Now he composes classical choral works of music. In a TED conference talk, he told an audience how a young women sang a portion...

The Obama White house says the adventure in Libya is not a war.

Well over 100 cruise missiles have been shot into Libya.

We've established a no-fly zone -- an act of war, as much so as a naval blockade.

We've spent hundreds of millions of dollars, if...

Co-authored by Gustav Wynn

On Sunday, the article, Limbaugh/Hannity Parent Company Admits Hiring Actors to Call Radio Shows, by Gustav Wynn, generated an explosive response on Twitter, in the blogosphere and subsequently, from Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck on their radio shows.

Hannity attacked the...

On Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on issues of free speech at George Washington University, 71-year-old former CIA analyst Ray McGovern was assaulted, dragged from the room and double handcuffed with metal cuffs causing profuse bleeding.

What had he done to elicit this treatment? He stood...

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I've made a mistake about the Muslim Brotherhood, thinking they are one and the same with Gemaat Islamiya. They are not. My reference to the Muslim Brotherhood was based on my knowledge about Gemaat Islamiya. I used the names interchangeably and that was an error. My concern...

Joe Scarborough, speaking at Kennedy School of Government, with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was asked about his cynicism.

He replied:

"I'm not actually pessimistic at all, about where the country's going to go. I'm not pessimistic in the least. But I am pessimistic when it comes to...