Author: The Foundation for a Better Life
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The ongoing great experiment – America at 250
By The Foundation for a Better Life The date was September 17, 1787. Philadelphia, the largest city in North America, was designed by William Penn in a grid system intended to stretch all the way west to the Schuylkill River. Yet all 40,000 inhabitants were crowded into a few blocks on the eastern waterfront. Unpaved…
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A history of humanitarianism
By The Foundation for a Better Life In the mid 1800s, a boy from Scotland arrived in America, his parents seeking a better life. Andrew Carnegie had nothing but a pocket full of dreams and a love for heroes like Robert Bruce and William Wallace. But it was the American story of Horatio Alger to…
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One-time Olympic prodigy is still making waves
By The Foundation for a Better Life Donna de Varona is an American swimming legend who made history as a 13-year-old Olympic prodigy. The youngest athlete at the 1960 Rome Olympics, she went on to win two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics at age 17. De Varona was recognized as the “most outstanding…
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The big brother behind star actor Adam Sandler
By The Foundation for a Better Life The best material for a comedian starts at home. Funny observations of life and relationships are often the comic’s way of coping with stress or nervousness. Insecurities and vulnerabilities disappear when you can make somebody laugh. All that’s needed is an audience. As a boy, Adam Sandler shared…
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Recognizing and relieving suffering
By The Foundation for a Better Life In 1944, at the peak of Nazi rule in Eastern Europe, 22-year-old George Berci was one of millions of Jews enslaved in labor camps. As Berci dug trenches in the frigid Hungarian mountains, he knew that his shovel made him useful to the Nazis and saved his life.…
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Behind the broken smiles: USA Hockey honors one of its own with gold medal
By The Foundation for a Better Life Miraculous wins bring out miraculous stories we wouldn’t have known otherwise. Stories of perseverance, courage, sacrifice and love among teammates that cannot be properly understood unless you have bled together. The more physically demanding, the deeper the sacrifice, the more transcendent the wins are. And that is the…
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A little direction goes a long way
By The Foundation for a Better Life Life is complicated enough these days: how to access AI notes from the latest virtual meeting, how to program streaming services for sports only, and how to get that tiny hay fever pill out of a blister pack without scissors. The last thing you want to think about…
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Gary Player, one of the world’s greatest golfers, is grateful for … adversity
By The Foundation for a Better Life Gary Player, born Nov. 1, 1935, in Johannesburg, South Africa, is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport. Known as “The Black Knight,” Player’s career is marked by extraordinary achievements and a relentless dedication to the game and to his fitness…
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Never-ending love
By The Foundation for a Better Life For the first time in world history, enlightened leaders were calling upon nations to end the evil of human bondage. The early 19th century saw anti-slavery movements boil over into conflict, from skirmishes in Great Britain and its outlying colonies to all-out Civil War in the young United…
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The woman who helps us find our way
By The Foundation for a Better Life That friendly voice coming from your phone when you are following directions to a new restaurant or making your way along a highway on vacation may as well be that of Gladys West. The simple directions we all now depend on have their origins in the satellite science…