A Lesson from Charlie Sheen’s Self-Proclaimed “Meltdown” | Who cares what...
Charlie Sheen was out of his mind months ago. Web sites showcased his quotes from interviews, people were reposting his lines (words) as their Facebook statuses, and on Twitter, virtually everybody was...
View ArticleHelpful Tip #1: Thanksgiving—A time to be Thankful & Giving | Here’s How
If you’re anything like the people I know, you have a roof above your head, food to eat every day, health insurance, and several other luxuries—yes, luxuries. You have family members, you have friends,...
View ArticleThe 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011—Pictures of Death, Destruction, &...
The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011 by Buzzfeed virtually showcases pictures that have been judged to be the most powerful images of 2011. Photographs of destruction, riots, conflicts, massacre, death,...
View ArticleSociety: Obsessed with Prestige, Interfering with Happiness
Let’s be real here. You belong to a community. In fact, you probably belong to many communities that have formulated through several social interactions with the same people. If you are a parent, for...
View ArticleSAG Kicks off Award Season with Nomination Announcement
Judy Greer (“The Descendants”) and Regina King (“Southland”) were greeted with a mixture of anticipation and excitement when they approached the podium to announce the nominees for the 2012 Screen...
View ArticleThe Kardashians on “10 Most Fascinating People of 2011”—Why?
Celebrities are an integral part of our culture. The more we know about their personal lives, the more intrigued we become. The more they spend, the more we pay attention. The prettier they are, the...
View ArticleYou now have a Timeline | Changes on Facebook | New Facebook Profile
Issues regarding the privacy of old posts are becoming a primary concern on Facebook for users who log in and post statuses or pictures frequently. Now that Facebook is introducing a new feature,...
View Article5 UNIQUE New Year’s Resolutions | Change The Way You Think | Make Your Own List
People often joke that a New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. If you type “most popular new year’s resolutions” into the Google search engine, you will notice...
View ArticleSmoking Culture | Why We Do It | How To Stop
Rarely have I spent a day out of the house without coming across a smoker. The surgeon general’s warning on the cigarette cartons mean nothing to them. The electronic billboards that count smoking...
View ArticleShabbat Dinners | Keep it Light, Keep it Brief
Keep it light and keep it brief. Perhaps perplexingly, no one cares about your problems and everyone cares too much at the same time—neither is good. One must remember, a party is not the venue to...
View ArticleWe’re the same, but different? | Ways to Understand this Prevalent Dichotomy
“. . . the best hope of humankind is to maintain as rich a diversity of social types as possible, with the expectation that each of these experiments in the human future will cross-fertilize with...
View Article‘Argo,’ Hollywood, & Why I’m Proud to be an Iranian
‘Argo’ is a true story based on the efforts of a man named Tony Mendez, who helped six Americans pose as a sci-fi film crew to escape the 1979 Iran hostage crisis during Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
View ArticleFor the Rubin Family, who lost Leah Rubin
Leah passed away due to a sudden stroke. I don’t think anybody saw it coming—I certainly didn’t. At the time I had no words—just tears.
View ArticleGun Control or Antidepressant Control? | Are We Prescribing Too Much?
Are antidepressants being prescribed too often and too much? Has the definition of clinical depression become too broad? And why are mass shootings now being linked to antidepressant use? The risk that...
View ArticleWhat Hollywood should take from Robert De Niro’s tears
He tried to cut himself off immediately. He even tried coughing and looking upwards. None of it worked. De Niro was crying for the first time ever in the history of television. "I don't like to get...
View ArticleAre You Dating Your Cell phone? — Or Your Laptop? Try being Mindful
We weren’t built to sit at our desks or scroll through our phones, reading the overwhelming heaps of useless intel about other people—we were meant to LIVE. So what’s the solution? How can we separate...
View ArticleGoing to a Club in Los Angeles
As for the bouncers and promoters whose only form of power lies in vetoing the unattractive or poorly-dressed who are merely trying to have a good time, they will likely categorize you abruptly and pay...
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