Have you ever met a person who is always looking for signs from the universe? Or using “good vibes only” as a shield against the messy and uncomfortable bits of life. They have transcended ...

In Greek mythology, the king Sisyphus got himself consigned to the underworld due to a variety of theopolitical circumstances ...

Happy Gilmore is making a comeback as Adam Sandler prepares to deliver a sequel to his 1996 fan-favorite film about a loose-cannon hockey player-turned-golf champ. As we look ahead to Happy ...

Chinese New Year is upon us – so how can you wish friends and family a happy one? (Picture: Getty Images) Want to say Happy Chinese New Year in Chinese and Mandarin today? It’s not gong hei ...

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously acknowledging that sense of being ...

Americans are not in the world of Sisyphus or in the world of those who face imminent death because of who they are. But these stories do tell us something about the way despair can clarify ...

The wait is over: There was no Oscar nomination for “All We Imagine as Light,” the Indian movie that won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival but was snubbed by the country’s own film ...

Happiness seems to be the ultimate — yet most elusive — of goals. You want to understand how to be happy with your family, work, health, finances, relationships, and future. And while you may ...

A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a special day in 1973. Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at ...

THE work of reducing poverty in the land is like letting drops of water fall on a rock. You hope to make a crack, but you do not know when.