One of the things military life teaches you is lesson no.1: look after your men and the men will look after you. Maybe one of our current problems is that there is no draft, and this means that the people who are headed to run companies and be the movers and shakers of the world …
For centuries human beings have lived lives dictated by the seasons and the growing of crops, a slow and relatively unstressful life. We are not adapted to the furious pace that modern technology, globalization and a flat earth are forcing upon us. Anyone feel like imploding?
“Mental pleasure is better than bodily pleasure.” This is what Epicurus says, but is it true?
The current preoccupation with public personalities, mainly singers, actors and actresses ( or wannabies) is a strange phenomenon. Probably it has always been there in the background, anyway since mass communication emerged. But it is weird to go to the gym and see lines of young women, most of whom are well-educated with good jobs, …
Reverting to the conversation about friendship, I would like to raise a question. Living on the East Coast, and being used to slightly different social conventions, I find that people here usually want to invite two or even three couples to a dinner party. This can be fun, and if you are lucky, you can …
