Oscar-winning actor and comedian who rose to fame playing an alien outsider, has died in what police call an apparent suicide. Robin Williams, 63, who has suffered bouts of depression and drug abuse throughout his lifetime, recently entered an addiction rehabilitation program again. He had returned to television in The Crazy Ones, which CBS cancelled after a single season.

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Belittling people’s concerns as “first world problems” is a trendy new form of bullying. Yes, there really are things much worse than waiting in line at the DMV or having your phone run out of power, but mocking people for speaking about those in hyperbole is unnecessary and mean, belittling people over survival mechanisms that might get misapplied in the modern world.

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Authors of “Becoming Batman” and “Batman and Psychology” join a fellow educator and a renowned Batman writer/editor in examining the physiology and psychology of nocturnal vigilantism: What motivations sustain Bruce Wayne? What would someone need to prepare for a career like Batman’s? What would this career do to his psyche, his brain, his body? How realistic is Batman?

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Actor Kevin Sorbo tells us about heroism, role models, and education. Star of hit TV programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Sorbo redefined how he measured success in life after several strokes left him partially blind, as recounted in his book True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life.

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