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Post-Covid Cruising With Longtime Friends

“We’ve all survived! We survived a few years of the pandemic!” The theater audience on the cruise ship Norwegian Jewel in late April excitedly cheered and applauded dynamic entertainer Stephanie Pope. Yes, it was definitely good to be cruising again. In fact, this was my husband Carl’s and my sixth cruise since October 2021. We…


​​Looking for the Good in People

Commentary Every day, we’re barraged with media reports magnifying negative aspects of human behavior. Whether a story deals with geopolitical friction and conflict on the global stage, the acrimony of shrill, scorched-earth political tussles here in the States, or just the latest local crime, the repetitive din surrounding ugly behaviors can make it too easy…


Friendships That Endure: Aesop’s Fable, ‘Two Travelers and a Bear’

True friendship is characterized most by loyalty, for loyalty is the virtue that sustains friendships through any hardship. Loyalty gives us the courage to remain with friends, even when there is no advantage to be gained. In his short story, “Two Travelers and a Bear,” Aesop shows how easily our friendship can be tested and…


Dear Dr. Chloe, My Friend Makes Constant Rude Remarks, and Ignores Me in Our Group Chat. I Feel Lonely. What Should I Do?

Dear Dr. Chloe, I’ve known my three dearest pals for eight years—we met in college and became friends almost instantly. Since we all got married, we don’t talk or hang out as much, but we do see each other occasionally. One of them is constantly making rude remarks about me, including how I look and…


Dear Dr. Chloe, My Friend Makes Constant Rude Remarks, and Ignores Me in Our Group Chat

Dear Dr. Chloe, I’ve known my three dearest pals for eight years—we met in college and became friends almost instantly. Since we all got married, we don’t talk or hang out as much, but we do see each other occasionally. One of them is constantly making rude remarks about me, including how I look and…


Happiness Is Friendship: 3 Elements to Fight Loneliness and Government Intrusion

That individual unhappiness is at unprecedented levels would probably surprise no one anymore. Combine the state of the world—rising crime rates, political fights, and a squelching of freedoms—with the increased atomization of everyone, and it’s difficult for even the most happy-go-lucky among us to keep a smile on. But there is hope, as a recent…


Montaigne and La Boétie: A Perfect Friendship

Personal tragedy can often be a catalyst for change and growth. While we don’t envy people who experience it, we admire those who bear it well and are able to transmute their pain into something good or beautiful. For example, “The Divine Comedy” exists because Dante suffered the double misfortune of losing his beloved Beatrice…


Peep and the Paper Plane

This film is available globally except in Russia, Belarus, and Japan. While bird mother Paula is away searching for food, her son Peep gets unexpected help from a Paper Plane. Together, they head out to explore the magical world around them. But their friendship is soon to be tested. * Click the “Save” button below…


Just Neighbors (1919)

Two men who are best friends—a married young man with a dog and his married next-door neighbor with two young children—are trying to catch the train from the city to their home deep in the suburbs, but obstacle after obstacle is jeopardizing the young man’s ability to catch that train. Once home, the young man…


Friendship Blossoms After Little Girl Learns Sign Language to Communicate With Deaf Driver

If this doesn’t put a smile on your face today, nothing will! (Video courtesy of Amy Mclellan) …