It turns out that one of the most basic things we all learned as children -- treat others how you would like to be treated, the Golden Rule -- is the most powerful idea in the world.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living
If we have learned anything this year, it is the first rule of Ponziconomics: If an investment sounds too good to be true, it undoubtedly is. ...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
Anyone who's awake can rattle off the bad guys, by name, by category, by the extreme price they've had to pay - the auctioning off of an extra house...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living
Top Chef is moving up the status ladder next season, adding a masters chefs' competition. But what about Bottom Chef? How does a young wannabe catch a break?
Karen Stabiner | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
All over the country, parents are moving kids out of their college dorm rooms, and at some point, as the car or the suitcases or the storage unit star...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living
With all the bad news swirling around these days, we have been sharing stories of good news, particularly random acts of kindness, and asking our read...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living
You can't read this, and it has nothing to do with your computer. You can't read your kid's history report or the warranty on your cell phone or a med...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living
Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...
MSNBC | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living
Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living
Okay, Susan Boyle has reminded us that you do not need to look beautiful to sound beautiful, and research says that music makes us happy, but we are i...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living
Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living
What do you do once you've been the founding president of eBay? Good work, if you're Jeffrey Skoll, who oversees a network of socially-co...
AP | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Some customers at Starbucks shops around the Birmingham area have been getting an extra ingredient with their coffee: Kindnes...
USA Today / Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living
In an exclusive essay for USA Today, Michelle Obama extols the importance of giving -- especially in these trying times. She writes, "When so many peo...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
It's a shared, one-on-one recovery strategy: we can bolster each other with news that takes the edge off the headlines. Send us your stories. The chronicle of our stimulus plan starts here.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living
This story may be an oldie, relatively speaking, but it's still a goodie -- and a viral one at that! Dry cleaners around the country are offering thei...
Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact