In a festival of sport not lacking exhilarating and breakneck events, speed skating is one of the most exciting and enjoyable to watch at the Winter Olympics. And to make sure you catch all of the ...

Dear Eric: I’m a 73-year-old female who happily maintained a friendship I made my freshman year in college. Two years ago, I noticed changes in my friend’s ability to carry on conversations and her ...

The psychologist B.F. Skinner (1904-90) is remembered for his principle of reinforcement. His idea was simple. When our actions are rewarded by their consequences, we tend to repeat them. When they ...

Eric Church has been touring steadily, and he’s not taking his foot off the gas anytime soon. Back in September, the “Springsteen” singer announced an extension of his Free the Machine Tour that will ...

Dear Eric: As a 73-year-old with plenty of aches and pains, I have a suggestion for “The Cup is Half Full”, whose friend group was overtaken by medical complaints. My group of friends and family refer ...

Dear Eric: What is the kindest way to end friendships? In the past, I have prided myself on being a good, loyal friend and therefore have friendships that last a very long time, some spanning decades ...

Dear Eric: This is a small problem, but I’m not sure how to handle it. Our entire family of 10 exchanges gifts for Christmas. One family just gave my son something that looks cheap and probably ...

Dear Eric: I have two daughters. One is in a long-term marriage with an established career. The other, who has less stable employment, recently moved in with her boyfriend of five years. I am widowed ...

Artists can influence other artists without even realizing they’re doing so, and few songs embody this invisible phenomenon quite like “Layla”, which Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon first wrote and ...

Eric Idle has revealed he was speaking on the phone to the “clever, talented and very thoughtful” Rob Reiner mere hours before Reiner and his wife were killed at their L.A. home. The Monty Python alum ...

We asked 20 notable people about their gifting philosophies, gifting nightmares, the best gifts under $25, and much more. We’ll be publishing each of their questionnaires now through December 23 in ...