Many bestselling children’s storybooks, like The Lorax, aim to teach kids important moral lessons. But do they work? New research suggests that they probably don’t, but that parents can effectively ...

In a Cambodian children’s folktale, one man is afraid of lawyers and another is afraid of filth. As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.

In requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in schools, what moral lessons do proponents of House Bill 1145 want students to learn? Let’s start with the last commandment as stated in Exodus: “You ...

Regular readers of this column have come to know the Wagner animals pretty well and are aware that, to put it mildly, our pets are not usually the brightest bulbs in the box. Others have dogs who run ...

Jan. 27 is designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, to remember the 6 million Jewish victims, and the 5 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Ewing is a film critic, filmmaker, and screenwriter in LA. All that said, a common element of Christmas classics is a moral ...

Life is a slow descent into bankruptcy and despair precipitated by the extortion of capitalists and landowners benefitting from chance acquisition. Although there will be many think pieces written ...

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The Republican speaker of the House says his party is going to achieve its deeply unpopular cuts to Medicaid via the “moral component” of protecting manhood. Speaker Mike Johnson went on “Face the ...

Many bestselling children’s storybooks, like The Lorax, aim to teach kids important moral lessons. But do they work? New research suggests that they probably don’t, but that parents can effectively ...