Author Elee Reeves wrote a children’s book about a turtle that explores the state of Mississippi. The initial print run was paid for by a national foster care foundation. $28,500…

This week, on NPR's radio show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," host Peter Sagal mentioned that people are now subscribing to a theory that lobster doesn't objectively taste good. "Now…

I work for a technology company that recently laid off 22,000 employees. I work for another company that laid off 5,500 people last month. Big numbers. Astounding numbers, really. Tens…

I look for hope and progress wherever I can. Relentlessly so. We can choose to be optimistic. We can search for sources of optimism. Seek them wherever they might be…

After more than a year and hundreds of requests, I am very excited to announce the return of my very popular Humor Workshop: A one-day virtual workshop to help you…

In September of 1990, the band Extreme released their balled "More Than Words" off their album Extreme II: Pornograffitti. Unlike anything the group had ever done before, the song features…

One of the prizes that I gave to my students last week was a small, plastic boy with red hair. Long ago, my children played with this boy, but being…

It's easy to think that in our polarized environment, people from opposing viewpoints can't possibly reach across the aisle, change their minds, and find common ground. But that's not always…