Why Our Fathers are Our Heroes
By Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals In our Mother’s Day blog, we noted our research finding that people listed their mothers as heroes more often than any other person. Fathers were a close...
View ArticleChen Si: The Hero Who Offers Hope to Suicide Attempters
By Kathryn Lynch Human connections are a fickle and funny thing. Throughout our lifetimes we may pass by thousands of people without giving a second thought to who they are or where they’re going. Yet...
View ArticleThe Heroic Wisdom of Yuval Noah Harari
By Scott T. Allison The ancient Greeks referred to prophets as individuals with the capacity to foresee the future. Israeli scholar Yuval Noah Harari would deny being a prophet, as he admits to not...
View ArticleHeroes Whom We Forgot: The Writers
By J. A. Schultz Enûma Eliš. In the Beginning. Thousands of years ago something seemingly magical was invented. It was a magic that allowed one to read the mind of another. To speak across vast...
View ArticleBethany Hamilton: A Hero Who Defies Odds and Provides Hope
By Evelyn Barringer Bethany Hamilton was on the path to be a hero from a young age. With her two parents and brothers being competitive surfers, she was destined to be great, yet no one could have...
View ArticleThe Heroism of Whistleblowers
By Nick Inge Who knows what it takes to tell the truth? The only people that really know are those that have done it and have spoken up — those that have spoken up about the wrongdoings of others. It...
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