Given the multiple crises we are living through, investigative journalism is all the more important.

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.

Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world an "Extreme Makeover: Planet Edition" right after he finishes putting Satan in his place once and for all?

Fearlessness is the mother of reinvention.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

When we really connect to that place of wisdom and strength and understanding, everything becomes easier.