We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.

Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.

West Nile develops in stagnant water,

It was the perfect mix of ingredients for West Nile.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?