The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful. —PLATO There were close to 10 million cosmetic surgeries in the U.S. last year. Are we obsessed with  beauty? Dr. Nancy Etcoff thinks so. She says, “Philosophers ponder it and pornographers proffer it. Asked why people [...]

Every marriage will have some stumbling blocks, but interfaith marriages have a few extra challenges.  The issue of the couple’s interfaith needs to be talked about and dealt with prior to the interfaith marriage.  This discussion should include what exactly is important to you in your religion and what are the non-negotiable items.  This can [...]

Going from “Idol to Idiot” in the eyes of their Middle Schooler! It is this battlefield of questions that we leave our children to face their own fears, tackle their own obstacles and to become their own person; and all too often it is with our regret that we have not prepared them for this [...]

Ok, maybe we have not all actually sat down and written out a list of what our partner “must have” in order for us to marry them, but we have certainly thought about it! Some have taken the time to not only write it out, but the list has become the standard for every potential [...]

While experiencing a rare chance to go riding on a Sunday morning, I encountered a police blockade barring the entrance to Jay Blanchard Park. It looked serious, with several police cars and a police van, and lots of yellow police tape. I rode a different way, and when I got home, searched to learn what [...]

In light of the devastating murder of a University of Virginia lacrosse player, many of us are asking, how safe is it to date? Dating is an important milestone in a young person’s life, even serving as a rite of passage from adolescence to young adulthood. Sometimes though, if we are not careful, this very [...]