I had an early experience with independence on a family vacation when I was seven years old. Everybody was at lunch, and I wanted to go...

I heard a podcast last year where the host and his guest were talking about Michael Phelps, the all-time record holder for most Olympic...

It was early in my career and I was sailing with colleagues on Galveston Bay. I was trying to determine our location from a buoy marking...

Jack and I were in the pilothouse, 12 feet up and scanning the water ahead of the ferry. We were traveling slower than usual because of...

Decades ago, when I was running triathlons, I trained brutally on the trail, the bike, and in the pool. With my running, in particular, I...

Rapa Nui legend held that the giant stone heads on Easter Island, known as moai, walked from the quarries where they were carved to the...

A study at Harvard concluded that when people are faced with a chronic lifestyle disease—diabetes, heart disease, smoking, chronic...

We left San Francisco with a large yellow Pelican Case, filled with medical supplies and expensive prescription meds we hoped never to...

When we are in the biggest hurry is when we need to slow down and take our time. You know what I mean. You're running late, and in your...

We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our...