Why We 'Play Nice' With Strangers
This pro-social behavior results from a change in social norms that allowed us to trust strangers, a new study suggests. That change is likely linked ...
This pro-social behavior results from a change in social norms that allowed us to trust strangers, a new study suggests. That change is likely linked ...
Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 03.13.2010 | Politics
Are the 41 senators who publicly supported the public option bluffing? Without it, the insurance industry will continue to gouge on premiums as they see fit.
Mike Robbins | Posted 03.10.2010 | Living
I have recently come to realize my deep-seeded fear that if I ever slow down or stop pushing so hard, the whole "house of cards" of my life and my work will simply come crashing down around me.
Tony Greenberg | Posted 02.22.2010 | Living
As we stumbled into a fully digital, fully connected age, we forgot to forge better ways to measure and describe how much we trust someone, and how much others should trust that person, too.
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.22.2010 | Living
The countries with the least economic inequality have the highest reported happiness, the longest life expectancies, and the lowest rates of crime and infant mortality.
Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 02.20.2010 | Living
Trust is a natural state that reminds us who we truly are; divine beings with ultimate dominion over our emotional, mental, and physical states.
Brett King | Posted 02.12.2010 | Business
Banks need to rebuild their brand reputation -- and telling us how fantastic they are won't cut it. We just don't trust those messages anymore.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.08.2010 | Living
QUESTION Dear Dr. Levine, For the past six to eight months I've had two friendships deteriorate. Jillian had been my friend for about 15 years. We ...
Anne Naylor | Posted 02.05.2010 | Living
Your sense of status, place in life and well-being may have come to depend upon a level of income and expenditure. Expectations dashed, disappointment and financial loss can make for deep-seated misery.
Jim Lichtman | Posted 01.29.2010 | Home
Franklin Roosevelt once offered this piece of advice about giving a speech: "Be sincere; be brief; be seated." Okay, here it goes. Ladies and Gentle...
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 01.26.2010 | Living
hese are just some of the many reasons that love can turn to fear, but if we look at these more deeply, how can we think about them? And what can we do about them?
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.23.2010 | Living
QUESTION Dear Irene, I took a new job and became friendly with a woman named Gina. Gina told me about her past mistakes and seemed very consumed wit...
Charles H. Green | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business
A real-life tale of woe suggests Wells Fargo has little interest in lending money to credit-worthy people borrowers.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business
You don't have to be an expert at analyzing films or the economy to figure out that the holiday season favorite, It's a Wonderful Life, has never been so right on.
Charles H. Green | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business
A sex scandal? To be sure. A public relations debacle? You betcha. But what does it tell us about trust?
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
Why do such opposite emotions give birth to each other and what is the connection that keeps them alive in this "creative" relationship? Here, I will focus on when love turns to fear.
Farai Chideya | Posted 03.18.2010 | Media
The public's assessment of press accuracy and fairness is at a two-decade low. In other words, the audience doesn't trust us. I believe the feeling is mutual: we don't trust the audience, either.
Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles
I recently gave up my profession, as Pornstar Extraordinaire, and my car. I live three blocks from LA's greatest kept secret, the Metro, and the entire system is based on something this city lacks: trust.
Anne Naylor | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.
Suzie Heumann | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
Anything you do in life is a potential consciousness raiser! ANYTHING. Be it sex, meditation, communication, yoga, Buddhism, gardening - it is all pure potential for consciousness.
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
What does "not being into you" mean? People assume that it is just about sexual attraction, but is it just this?
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
The image of corporations as "hard-ass", "bottom-line" machines of productivity is appealing to those who wish to believe that money comes from automatic sources that respond to cold, hard, practical and rational interventions.
Kiri Westby | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
If we can't trust ourselves, if we don't hone our ears to hear our inner warnings, then we can end up acting out of social responsibility or just rote memorization, trapped in a routine that is not serving us
Martha Burk | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Group Purchasing Organizations negotiate "sole source" contracts with hospitals, amounting to bald-faced kickbacks that save taxpayers not a dime.
Anne Naylor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
This is my 40th consecutive week of posting articles on HuffPost. The process has been a great gift and a blessing to me. Writing each post has give...
LiveScience | Posted 03.19.2010 | Living