November 7, 2008, 3:27 pm I just listened to a TEDtalks presentation by Bjørn Lomborg on “Our priorities for saving the world.” While he holds highly controversial positions related to global problems, what I found most interesting was his discussion of how to think about setting priorities for solving problems.
Of course, one way of problem solving is to ask, […]
November 6, 2008, 9:42 am Be happy! That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Live happily and you could add several years to your longevity. So says Professor Ruut Veenhoven of Erasmus University in a research article published by the Journal of Happiness Studies.
Correlating happiness and longevity requires long-term studies. Veenhoven used data from 30 different research studies […]
November 5, 2008, 6:30 am November 9, 1932 headlines
Characteristically, in the last stages of the campaign, it’s been evident that politics in the raw is seldom mild.
In an old mining cabin high in the White Mountains, I found an old newspaper tacked to the wall. Besides the headlines proclaiming Roosevelt’s win, there was another page of […]
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Consider this:“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:12–13
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