The new economy is a dangerous and tremendously exciting place. But it’s unforgiving, and it measures human life in dog years. Three years wasted on the wrong pursuits, or, just as bad, in avoiding the right ones, leaves you...

Watching the prodigal return of Ted Williams to his mother on Good Morning America today was a great way to start the day. The rags-to-riches story of Ted Williams, the down-and-out homeless man and ex-con with the golden voice,...

On this day of new beginnings, I’m reminded of the words of Edith Lovejoy Pierce: “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and...