Humility was a research topic for sociologist Barret Michalec until he realized how much it was missing from his own life.

Some years ago I wrote a column about people I hoped would live forever. Sadly, two of them — the writer Jan Morris and Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim — have died. On a happier note, two excellent ...

I vividly recall the first true crime case that caught my interest. When browsing YouTube one night, I stumbled across a video about the case of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, who disappeared after ...

For years, I misunderstood humility. I thought it had something to do with status or money—humble beginnings, a humble lifestyle, living with less or expecting less. Somewhere along the way, I began ...

“Humble” is not a word my colleagues would use to describe me, especially early in my career. In fact, when word got around that I was researching humility, I suspect more than a few choked on their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In fact, when word got around that I was researching humility, I suspect more than a ...

Farmland covers the mainstay of western North Dakota, all tended by dedicated farmers and their families. The Aamodts, are no exception, coming in from Iowa in 1912, Ingeborg and three of her children ...

In a corner of Richard Walker’s Pancake House in Schaumburg each month, neighbors gather not just for breakfast, but for an exchange of ideas that feels almost revolutionary in today’s polarized ...