Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue. Paul Woodruff. Oxford University Press, 248 pp., $19.95. In some parts of the country, the Ten Commandments make front-page news. Where they are already posted ...

“In many ways tolerance is a lost virtue, and often, where it does exist, it exists from the wrong cause.” Those are the words of the Scottish scholar William Barclay, first published in 1953. Though ...

It's popular for healthcare reformers to write optimistically about transformation and innovation in healthcare. And for good reason. Policymakers and health system leaders are finally starting to ...

"Honesty is the best policy," wrote Benjamin Franklin. "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom," penned Thomas Jefferson. Two thoughts on honesty and integrity by two of our founding ...

This September, in response to a rash of teen suicides, columnist Dan Savage created the “It Gets Better Project.” The campaign quickly garnered attention from all over. Soon everyone from celebrities ...