[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Don Daseke likes to say he's been an entrepreneur "all my life." It began with a small carryout restaurant called Bill's Park-N-Eat that ...

I have no idea why anyone would want a degree in philosophy. Philosopher doesn’t seem like a job someone can apply for, much less have. Plato and Socrates and Aristotle and other Greek men revered for ...

George Matthew Adams, a popular newspaper columnist at the turn of the 19th century, once said, “Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, ...

Felicia Nimue Ackerman, a monthly contributor, is a professor of philosophy at Brown University. If you've never studied philosophy, maybe you wonder what happens in a philosophy course. Different ...

“If I could choose one book to bring with me to a desert island, … it would absolutely be Plato’s ‘Republic.’ … I teach it every year, and I still discover new and exciting things, it still makes me ...

"I choose time with my daughter & sleep first," says Bethenny Frankel, who shares 9-year-old daughter Bryn with ex Jason Hoppy When it comes to living a healthy and active lifestyle, Bethenny Frankel ...

We asked readers what philosophies they live by. Their inspirations include Emerson, Niebuhr, deceased family members, a sign at a boat dock and a pet. To the Editor: My father died when he was 84, ...

There is an award plaque on my office wall featuring a common education icon—an old fashioned desk. You know the one—cast iron frame with a wooden bench seat and a hinged slant top. Style has changed, ...

I didn’t set out to build a business. I didn’t have a business plan. In fact, I had nothing, no connections, no capital, not even the right shoes for my first New York winter. What I did have was an ...