Each October, as Halloween decorations appear and horror movies fill streaming queues, people across the country indulge in fear. Haunted houses sell out, thrill-seekers line up for roller coasters ...

Halloween is just around the corner where ghosts, goblins and ghoulish characters await those of us who love to be scared. Why is that? Why do we insist on entering a house that might be haunted or ...

General McChrystal is retired from the Army and the author of the forthcoming “On Character: Choices That Define a Life.” Fear defines us. Not by its presence, but by how we respond to it. There are ...

Visiting her parents the other day, Sara walked into a room and didn’t realize her father was already there. He simply said, “Boo!” and she screamed. She jumped, shook, and almost cried, followed ...