Role Reboot

Why We Need Empathy More Than Ever

A lack of empathy poses dangers on all levels great and small. In 2014, my friend Samantha Eyler penned a piece on the use of metaphors to ignite social change. “Love is a muscle”—the crux of her column—enabled Sam to form healthier relationships and view love as an infinite resource rather than a limited commodity. […]

Morality, And The Sins Of David Brooks

David Brooks devoted his column Tuesday to bemoaning moral relativism. The most sensational example Brooks trots out to highlight the lack of morals among the poor and uneducated comes from Robert Putnam’s Our Kids, his new book about the opportunity divide between college- and high school-educated America. It involves Elijah, a boy with a troubled […]