The film Zero Dark Thirty, which just received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, expands nationwide this weekend, giving most Americans their first opportunity to see the controversial film. The film is a lightening rod for critics for a multitude of reasons, most provocatively for its portrayal...

With the advent of the new year comes that time-honored tradition: New Year's resolutions. Sadly, this also means that January is typically a month of failure. According to statistics, as few as 8 percent of all resolutions are successfully attained.

So it's no wonder that many of...

By virtually unanimous agreement, we are in the middle of one of the most divisive and negative political campaigns of modern times. As bad as things are now, many careful observers of American politics expect that it's only going to get worse between now and November.

For the past few weeks, I've been touring the country, teaching, meeting and speaking with people from different backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and regions. One thing that's abundantly clear: There's a lot of anxiety, tension, and suffering in America right now.

While in Cleveland, for example, I met four different...

Does watching cable news, reading the newspaper or browsing websites (including this one) make you personally miserable? Chances are high that you're making one critical mistake and likely adding to our societal woes in the process. The good news is that it's fairly easy to fix this common mistake and...

Shortly after I'd given my publisher my manuscript about bliss, I had coffee with a friend who asked me: What, exactly, is bliss?

I didn't have an easy answer. It had taken an entire book to lay out what I'd learned from teaching a class series in Los Angeles, where...