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A man who bought a painting form a Canadian thrift store for $96 reported he had learned the painting might be worth as much as $20,000. Stephen Burgess said he regularly buys art and frames from thrift stores to decorate his home and this painting in an ornate frame caught his eye. He originally planned…

Why do people gossip? Nicholas DiFonzo, Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology says “This last desire informs us of perhaps the nastiest motive in gossip, moral rationalization-that feeling of glee to learn that someone else is worse than we are. Relatively speaking, we must…

Liang Feng’en was a famous hunter in the Heilongjiang province, China (bordering Russia). "Good hunters enjoyed respect and were even idolized," Liang said. In 1998 China implemented strict environmental protection measures, and in 2000 the Worldwide Fund for Nature's China Office asked him to join their…

Will Carroll, the drummer for thrash metal band Death Angel, spent twelve days in a medically induced coma after being diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus and experienced strong visions. Will said he “saw himself leave his body and plummet down to hell, where Satan punished him for the deadly sin of sloth.…

Over the last 42 years, Bernie Carroll has earned the title of “Britain’s Angriest Man.” What did he do to earn it? He has been sending opinionated letters to his local newspaper every day. He originally focused his letters on the Liverpool city council. Over the years he expanded his rantings to topics…

In his book, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, Andy Stanley writes, "Greed is conquered with generosity. Generous giving will break the grip of greed on your life. So whether or not you think you have extra, give and give generously. You’ve got to give to the…

A life wracked with teenage angst and the horrors that await many in the trials of the modern American High School is the setting for the book, Thirteen Reasons Why, which has been made into a Netflix Series by the same name. Hannah Baker has done the unthinkable; she has ended her own life, rather than…

The Institute of Labor Economics found that both males and wealthy people are more likely to pretend to know what they’re talking about, when they really have no clue. In the study the participants were asked to discuss nonexistent mathematical concepts such as “proper numbers” and “declarative fractions.”…

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is known for commenting and lightening the mood around serious topics. Most of the time their humor is well received and lighthearted, however, in the fall of 2018, a cast member made fun of Congressman elect Dan Crenshaw. Congressman Crenshaw is a war hero and was a member…

A man wearing a jacket with the logo of the New England Patriots went into a rural Vermont Walmart and paid the bill of dozens of shoppers and offered to cover any items they had put on layaway. Julie Ann Gates was a customer at the time and had difficulty believing the man’s largesse. When the man said…

Recently some people spotted Geoffrey Owens, an actor on the Cosby show, working as a cashier at a Trader Joes store. They posted on social media and shamed him for such a lowly job. He responded, “Every job is worthwhile and valuable.” He received a lot of public support for encouraging people to think…

Pennsylvania police said a very obvious clue led to the arrest of a man charged with stealing a pot of meatballs. They found the man with red sauce smeared on his face and clothes. Authorities in Luzerne County charged Leahman Glenn Robert Potter with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful…

Rudeness is like a contagious illness. It spreads quickly and virally, almost like the common cold says author Danny Wallace. Wallace researched the prevalence of rudeness in our online society and discovered a ridiculous amount of strange acts of revenge, from rubbing fries on a person’s windshield…

In the first 8 months of 2017, 83 children have detonated suicide bombs around the world. Most of these children were girls, and terrorists forced most of them to carry out the bombings. Unthinkable! How can parents hate others so much that they are willing to sacrifice their children’s lives to kill…

Five-time National Sports Columnist of the Year, Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times, has often written about the legendary Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in major league baseball. He recently wrote that one of the key concepts that enabled Jackie Robinson to triumph over all the…

Harry and William, the two English Princes, talked to a British TV network on the 20th anniversary of their mother’s death. They told about the last time they talked to Princess Diana the afternoon before her death in an automobile accident. Fifteen and 12 at the time, they said they were playing outside…

While an Albuquerque TV news crew was preparing a story about crime in the city, a thief drove off in the station’s SUV. Michelle Donaldson, News director for KOB television said the crew was reporting on recent concerns about crime and safety, and one of the issues in the report was an increase in auto…

Police in New Jersey are looking for a man who tried to steal $2 worth of gasoline. Police say the suspect was carrying a gas can when he approached an attendant outside a gas station, pulled a knife and demanded $2 in gasoline. When the attendant refused to comply, the suspect ran away. Authorities…

In an odd twist of circumstances, Mike Peyton, a Wyoming man had a ring returned to him 45 years after he threw it as far as he could in a fit of teenage rage. He told a local newspaper that his girlfriend at the time was wearing the ring when they broke up in the early 1970s. When she handed it to him,…

Not all mistakes are created equal. Take Carmen Chamblees’ mistake for instance. She was angry with her ex-boyfriend and decided to set his car on fire. I think we would all agree that was a mistake. She didn’t just think about it, or threaten to do it, she carried out her plan. Again, I think we would…

One of the keys of good stewardship is to spend less than you make creating a surplus. The surplus allows you the ability to help others or to give to a good cause. Unfortunately, 60% of Americans say they spent more than they earned last year. A survey of more than 27,000 people by the FINRA Investor…

A Pennsylvania man pled guilty to burglarizing his neighbor’s home by cutting a hole in the wall between his basement and the neighbor’s. The man’s lawyer, Anthony Rybak told a judge that he did not see how anyone could think he would get away with such a crime. He said the obvious lack of wisdom exhibited…

There remains a warm place in our hearts for truth. NBC Anchor Brian Williams has lost his position with NBC’s Nightly News. NBC relieved Williams when his viewers discovered that he was not truthful in personal anecdotes he told on air about adventures in Iraq and other stories. –--Jim L. Wilson and…

An Ohio man chose to wear a sign proclaiming that he was a thief, rather than go to jail for his crime. Greg Davenport pleaded no-contest to theft charges for shoplifting at a local Wal-Mart. A municipal judge found Davenport guilty and gave him the option of wearing the sign outside the store eight…