It’s hard to squeegee an original song into the traditional Christmas play list. Here are five worth listening to.

You won’t hear Rudolph’s reaction to the rhino-shaming he endured on the standard version of the song, but you will if you read this post. Treat yourself to that and 9 other fun or moving versions of Christmas favorites.

Some ideas to make your “spirit month” more uplifting.

You don’t have to be a professional photographer to see beauty. But you do have to look up from your phone.

Civility begins with valuing other people as people. And if we want more of it, that starts with us.

We could assemble and reach consensus to petition our government to teach more civics — if only people knew we had the right to do that.

We know we have rights as citizens. But what are our obligations?

Great music can soothe the savage (and sore) soul. 25 joy-giving recommendations.

In our fractured society is there a way to convince the left behind to work together to reach the mountaintop?

The new stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird forcers us to confront a tough question: how do we respond in the face of injustice?

We can’t fix the problems of social isolation with loneliness robots or loneliness pills: we need to find new places where social interaction can happen, and do our own part as individuals.

There are a lot of things public policy makers can look at to reduce the number of suicides in the US. But one thing all of us can do is to be a better friend.