Are you single by choice or by virtue of circumstances? Which phase of your life are you in? Have you seen the other side of the fence before being single? These aspects largely determine your outlook, whether you enjoy being without a partner or are deploring the fact that you are without one. Freedom is [...]

The vice or weakness that is most offensive to me is undermining others’ ideas. Teaching undergraduates gives me a particularly direct view of how students interact. When the semester begins, it is a matter of few classes to identify those students who would rather criticize and make barbed comments about their fellow students, rather than [...]

“Sweetie, who do you love more – mommy or daddy?” As kids, most of us have been subjected to questions like that (in pure playfulness). While parents are eager to know who is more loved by the children then, the same question is conveniently bypassed at the time of parents getting a divorce. When parents [...]