Human Race

Throughout our lives, we acquire through experiences the understanding that some ideas are universal and key to the continuation of our existence. Love overcomes hate, good wins over evil, and in the case of adult relationships, intimacy is vital to survival.

Plus! Grit's 5 first-rate ideas for fighting this week's vicious news cycle and July-in-Charleston humidity (shark-hunting and ice cream cakes, anyone?)

Let freedom ring? The venomous chants and social media slamming don't represent the clear tone of the bell I would imagine freedom sounds like... Why silence isn't necessarily weakness

A nation overtaken by radicals? I believe the majority of people don't fall into these categories, but are simply classified as such because of political affiliation. Here's a quick (fake!) experiment

Sifting through a box, I ran across a Dixie Chicks CD. The angst and separation of war seeped through its case, the controversy, the shouting...After this 9/11 anniversary, are we on the mend?

A look at how a new governmental system defines us, colors us, and helps us choose a new paradigm of inter-relatedness

Max's beloved, brilliant creator goes head to head with our own King of the Wild Things, Stephen Colbert, in this "duel of eyebrows" interview segment