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According to Business Insider, experts claim not only do we get wiser with age, but new research suggests that in several ways we may also get smarter.

U.S. white supremacy is back in the news.

People who are active in religious congregations tend to be happier and more civically engaged than either religiously unaffiliated adults or inactive members of religious groups, according to Pew Research Center worldwide data.

New Year celebrations, with their symbols and rituals and hangovers, are generally aimed at chucking the past year and anticipating even presuming a new year of renewal, prosperity and good fortune.

There’s an old Mexican folktale that claims at midnight on Christmas Eve the animals – goats and pigs, cows and sheep, and whoever just happens to drop by, most in a misanthropic mood, including the wise old owl, who occasionally speaks in Latin – will lay about the barn and discuss vital issues until dawn.

Catholicism is everywhere in Mexico during this season. No massive frenzy maybe, as might be expected. But heart-felt celebrations, nonetheless, over an event long ago when kings with gifts came long distances to celebrate the birth of another king – each arriving at exactly the same time, possibly camel-pooling.