This dream has legs. In a decision sure to spur debate, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double lower-leg amputee who runs 400-meter races on carbon-fiber blades, has won the right to compete for a spot in the Beijing Olympics. ...more

May 17, 2008

More than any other job, parenting seems to present challenges for which there are no easy answers. Do you tell your son not to fight back when the bully hits him? Do you insist your daughter continue her piano lessons? Do you pay for A's and B's? ...more

December 27, 2007

The death of hip-hop artist Kanye West's mother following plastic surgery has once again unleashed our demons - at least the ones that focus on our dysfunctional relationship with beauty. ...more

November 22, 2007