Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
—Benjamin Franklin

Rodney Higginbotham was on the run, wanted for charges of domestic violence. In a report titled “Squeezes cheese, and flees,” details of his crime were recorded: “Police said that Higginbotham argued with his wife because she had not cooked anything. When she began cooking, he began making spaghetti while eating crackers and squeeze cheese. They argued, and he squeezed cheese on the kitchen floor. She squeezed the cheese on his truck, and he squeezed the cheese in her hair before fleeing in his truck. The wife said that she washed her hair before the police arrived to take her complaint.”

What is it about anger that turns otherwise reasonable people into red-faced, shouting toddlers? How can a basic emotion lead to kitchen clashes, road rage, and divorce? Lovers, who would die for each other one minute, would kill each other the next when angry. In fact, when someone is murdered, the police investigate the spouse first. This says a lot about the power anger has in a relationship.
Anger is one of our strongest emotions, and when it kicks in, we

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