To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100… Link to this post!

The full version of Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has [...]

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and [...]

In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. Link to this post!

Professor Carter compares and contrasts approaches to racial integration in two democratic societies, the United States and South Africa, and she discusses the political and legal contexts of school desegregation begging the question of whether racial integration remains a realistic and principal conduit for societal development. Link to this post!

  A farmer found a newborn eagle chick that had been blown out of its nest in a storm. He took it to wife and she tucked it quickly under the welcoming wings of Mother Hen. The eagle grew up with the brood of chicks thinking he was a chicken.     A few weeks [...]

Young Somali men in London feel alienated from UK society – with tragic results. Witness – Lost Boys – Part 2 Link to this post!

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…he loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…the little boy had grown up and [...]

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A young sociology professor sent his students out to a Baltimore slum to interview two hundred boys and asked them to predict their chances for the future. The students were shocked by the poverty they found there. Violence and crime seemed to be round every corner. Sadly the students’ statistical analysis predicted that about 90 [...]