Recipe for a happier, safer 2016: Care more; complain less

There's no getting around it. Americans have just gone through an annus horribilis, to borrow a phrase from Queen Elizabeth. The year of 2015 has been filled with disturbing news about acts of terrorism and the threat of more, mass shootings, racial unrest and major questions about how our criminal justice system works — or doesn't. When you add on what many see as unsettling and contradictory political pronouncements about our future, is it any wonder that we feel frightened, frustrated and wi

There's no getting around it. Americans have just gone through an annus horribilis, to borrow a phrase from Queen Elizabeth. The year of 2015 has been filled with disturbing news about acts of terrorism and the threat of more, mass shootings, racial unrest and major questions about how our criminal justice system works — or doesn't. When you add on what many see as unsettling and contradictory political pronouncements about our future, is it any wonder that we feel frightened, frustrated and wi…