An economist explores how economic principles can inform strategies for leading a good life and optimize our biggest ...

Inside comedian Mike Birbiglia's new Netflix special 'The Good Life,' from backstage at the Beacon Theatre to the edit room.

Books, Michele says, breed in the night. They woo each other. They have affairs. They produce more books. Eventually, you have to make a decision: either you move out and leave them to it, or some ...

I think she's a danger to herself, but if I say as much, she'll cut me off too. Should I stay in her life so I can help when she inevitably needs it? Or should I take a harsher stance?

After all, that’s life. “It’s not for everybody,” Stubbs said. “You’ve got to grind out a lot of days when you don’t feel good. I like being an example of it, too. The long days ...

These observations encouraged the research team to think about longevity (years of life) and healthspan (years of health) more broadly. In “Super Agers” Dr. Topol shares the results of this ...

By Joanne Joo Supported by By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah is The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist and teaches philosophy at N.Y.U. “Getting what you want in life ...

Philosophy professor Mark Rowlands, pictured with good boy Shadow, examines the moral lessons dogs can teach us in his new book, "The Word of Dog." ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — In 1979, dispatchers sent then-Lynchburg Police Officer Sandra Wooldridge to help a driver stranded in a flood. While she saved that driver, a series of crashes happened ...

It does a good job of acknowledging the other person’s perspective. “But it wasn’t done in a way that I think was very effective,” Bogdanovic says. For instance, the request to “be more ...