Let’s get things straight: an empathetic person isn’t weak. An empathetic person is strong. Weak people have been all over the Internet and television the past 36 hours. …

My son Anthony Sterling Rodgers, who I called “Lali,” died in my arms on the night of January 11, 2005. He was exactly six months old. In terms of his eyes, they were blue. I have never felt such fierce love as I did for Lali. …

The weight loss industry is growing by 7% a year … over 40% of US adults are obese and their numbers continue to rise — If there’s one thing I’ve learned from doing over 500 business plans and analyzing different companies and businesses, it’s that a certain business model — the one that depends upon and even requires addiction — rules the majority of consumer activity. I don’t think that anybody who is overweight or…

Friendship is a crucial part of physical, mental, and emotional wellness — As you can see, “Sterling” has always had reverse-UK teeth: straight on bottom, crooked on top. The article’s header is a picture of me and my friend Suzanne, a fitness trainer with goals of improving her own fitness and wellness along with her clients. We went for an early morning…

Their playbook is so old it’s a stone tablet — Just six years ago, I was sad because it seemed like I and millions of others had wasted a lot of time and our hard-earned money working on Bernie Sanders’ campaign. Now, it could not be more obvious that it wasn’t just us. Everyone who wanted something good for the…

Three Decades Later, Monica Lewinsky is Still Blamed and Shamed — A few years ago, I mentioned via social media that Monica Lewinsky’s TED Talk about bullying was making an impression on students coming into my college classrooms. They were being asked to watch her TED Talk and read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. An NYC book editor (responsible primarily for…

The calm, lyrical voice that spoke about great things and good people to many generations — I’ve noticed that a lot of people on Medium write about problems. They write about bad events. They write about unhappiness. They write about health struggles. Their personal misery. Economic disaster. Social unrest. I’ve written a bit about that. But I think its also a good idea for us to…

Radio host Jesse Kelly gets down and dirty, sinking deep into the slop — but it takes two to “ride a bicycle” — I’m not thrilled that I keep seeing attacks and crude commentary about the most basic issues regarding women. Today’s conservatives are drawing on traditions of anti-woman “moral precepts” dating back centuries. Not every culture hated on women but if I recall my readings of early and late Victorian literature, there…

Goodbye Nichelle Nichols, an icon for all good hearts in my generation — Like so many other people, I was saddened to hear that Nichelle Nichols, one of the most positive, beloved actors I can think of, had died. I’ve already written about how I had the privilege and honor of visiting for a short time with three “Ladies of Star Trek,” including…