By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
Last week, a homeless man, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, intervened to stop a physical altercation between a man and a woman in Queens.  A few hours later, he was found dead on the sidewalk as a victim of multiple stab wounds.  According to surveillance video, the man collapsed on the street a couple [...]

By Jennifer Egert, Ph.D.
Been feeling like I am autopilot these days. Everything is moving forward, day by day, the routine, the familiar, but where have I been in the middle of all this? Autopilot.
The city can be like a conveyer belt . The trains ride according to a schedule (well, sometimes). You get out [...]

Submitted by Jennifer Egert, Ph.D.
“Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffective concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and inspirations. That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves also. All sorts of things [...]

By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
In the wake of the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as our first Black President, it seems a little trite to write about how to meditate on the subway today. Pres. Obama has succeeded in inspiring hope and confidence in millions of people across the globe. Acknowledging the difficult road before us [...]