William Mullen in the Tribune

"As charges of greed and self-interest fly in these hyperpartisan times,
humans might do well to look to rats for lessons in kindness and caring.” 

Hey. That is the kind of pithy writing I like to see in a reporter, and it is the opening paragraph of an article – it's in a major urban newspaper – about a study, done at U. of C., that shows that rats have pro-social (helping) behavior. 

So do humans. 

It is just hard to see it.