I was watching an episode of "The Pitt." A father brings his son to the emergency room and begins bragging about his baseball prowess. His son is a pitcher with…

Behold! The Czech cover of my book "Storyworthy" — with a very different title: "May It Hang On Your Lip: How to capture attention, persuade, and entertain through the power…

I heard a politician say this week that if we don't do something about Social Security, it will "run out by 2033." I've heard politicians and others say this a…

It began at 7:05 AM, when a former student emailed me to express condolences for the Patriots' Super Bowl loss. I think she was being sincere, but she was in…

I recently found myself driving on Halfway House Road. Nothing against halfway houses, but when I saw this street name, I couldn't help but wonder: "Have we run out of…

Terrible news: A sequel to "Sofia the First," called "Sofia the First: Royal Magic," has been ordered by Disney Junior and is slated to premiere this year on Disney Junior…

A woman in the Philippines spent four years worshiping a green Buddha statue before discovering that it was actually a 3D-printed figure of the cartoon character Shrek. With its round…

A girls’ football team from South Morningside Primary School in Edinburgh won the Edinburgh Schools Cup and were presented with a small plastic trophy. The boys’ team received a full-size…

On Friday night, I performed stand-up in a library in the tiny town of Monterey, Massachusetts — population 1,030 — to a surprising, standing-room-only full house. The genesis of this…

Sarah Wells — Olympian, a keynote speaker, and friend — recently wrote about her miscarriage: She wrote: “I’m going to share something that some people may view as oversharing. I’m…