A woman once proudly told me that she had overcome her assertiveness issues in group therapy. She spent five years in a group with a member who savaged her, put her down and berated her incessantly, until she learned to stand up and defend…
So, you want to get to know an introvert? Great. Perhaps you’re fascinated by their enigmatic charisma, their reflective, insightful nature or their zen-like calm and serenity.
My paternal grandfather was old and decrepit by the time I was six. I recall him sitting crumpled and cynical in a lawn chair, waving a cane at his grandkids as they ran in circles around him. He muttered under his breath in a mixture of…
Mr. Magic’s website photo evinced the brooding essence of a young alpha-male — chiseled, manly and handsome. Beneath it appeared a heart-rending autobiographical missive I recognized as a standard tool of the modern-day dating coach.
People ask me: Are you on Facebook? with a furtive look, as if inquiring whether I surf the ‘net for porn.What do you make of it, they ask? They don’t get it, they say, quizzically. They are suspicious of it, paranoid. Like it’s going to…
My teeth were chattering from the icy cold, yet greeting me on this frigid December eve was a 58 year-old Jewish man, richly tanned, wearing a tie-died t-shirt with a large peace symbol on the front. He seemed to have recently returned from a Grateful Dead concert in the Bahamas. David — pronounced…
You haven’t had a blood test or peed into a cup, but you’re pretty sure you’ve got it — a serious case of introversion. While there’s no diagnostic test, you may be an introvert if any of the following sounds familiar.
As I stroll the narrow and wandering streets of the West Village, a piece of New York City roughly bound by the Hudson River and Seventh Avenue, extending from 14th down to Houston Street, its character seems intact, much as it has been for decades. The…

Today, San Diego’s Little Italy is a bustling commercial, dining and entertainment district. But years ago, it was a largely residential area populated by Italian families, most of which were involved in San Diego’s thriving tuna industry. A half century ago, the community was cut in half by the expansion of San Diego’s freeway system, devastating a once thriving community. Read about Little Italy’s rich past and about local efforts to preserve the neighborhood’s unique ethnic character and identity.

Oscar had been in the museum most of the day, roaming its marbled floors of paintings, installations and sculptures. When hunger and thirst drove him into Denizens, a bar and restaurant near the museum, he encounters an unexpected character and a chance to play peace maker between two warring parties.

Some say that nothing good comes of violence, but the White Night Riots proved otherwise.

Feelin’ good, feelin’ good, all the money in the world spent on feelin’ good. — Levon Helm, Feelin’ Good

We all want to feel good, but the addict goes about it in the wrong way. Can they be taught how to enjoy their lives without relying on drugs, porn or alcohol?

The Left thinks it’s time for a new political party that reflects its progressive ideals, but the last thing people want now is another political party. What is the alternative?