A recent workshop sponsored by the the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley showcased the newest and hottest findings in the science and practice of gratitude. Impressive as the advances were, ...

FREEDOM from fear and injustice and Oppression will be ours only in the measure/That men who value such freedom are ready to /Sustain its possession – to defend it against/ Every thrust from within or ...

In her 1922 edition of Etiquette, Emily Post mentions over one hundred occasions and ways in which a person should thank another. For Post, whose book served as the standard for social interaction for ...

Paul Pillar rejects the illusion of generating gratitude through military intervention in another country: Several things are happening to account for these results, and can be expected to happen ...

I’d like to make a comparison after having just finished reading Steven Pressfield’s book, The War of Art. It is a guide for overcoming the internal resistance that prevents individuals from achieving ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Two teachers at the school where I teach had babies. The school had separate baby showers for each of them, and I gave a gift at each shower. Neither one has offered any thanks to ...

Hearing your young child spontaneously say a heartfelt “thank you” can turn a horrible day into a good one. But the opposite is sometimes also true: Seeing your child not show a shred of gratitude—or, ...