When the hunger for meaning and purpose is frustrated, resignation and cynicism result. Obama's ability to tap into our aspirations and need for a grander purpose was matched by his turn to the ...

We all know someone — maybe it’s a friend, a co-worker, a family member — who always manages to be the voice of doom. The person who always knows that something is pointless or won’t succeed. If no ...

Since the election of Donald Trump public trust has waned across a range of institutions — especially government and the press. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, from 2017-18 the United States ...

Cynics fall into the same category as Marines (if you're feeling charitable) and cheaters (if you're not) in that there's no such thing as an ex-cynic. But I'm doing my best: I'm a recovering cynic.

When a university’s program for research in the humanities bars adjuncts from applying for fellowship money and release time then uses their book titles and cover photos to swell the “books published ...

Are humans kind or cruel? Empathetic or indifferent? Good or bad? These are all questions that Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University, investigates — not to answer himself, but to ...

The widespread publicity given to a recent college admissions scandal got me thinking. Fingers were pointed and reputations harmed, but it was hard to find a deeper message in many of the pieces ...

We (and by we, I mean a random sample of American adults) have a pretty cynical opinion of you (and by you, I mean business executives). According to a Gallup poll conducted in December, 28 percent of ...

You're a British citizen. It's 1940. You turn on the radio and hear Winston Churchill as he makes this vow about Nazi aggression: We shall fight in France...We shall fight on the beaches...We shall ...