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The Harvard political scientist, Robert Putnam, famous for Bowling Alone, his book on declining civic engagement, has found that the greater the diversity of a community the fewer people vote, the less they volunteer, and the less they give to charity or work on community projects. In the most diverse communities neighbours trust each other …
The alleged involvement of medical doctors and , maybe, other people involved in medicine in the recent terrorist plots in the UK raises an interesting point. Has the study of medicine become so pressurized and so technical that young doctors have no time to get a true education that opens the mind , allows them …
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The wealthiest 1% of American taxpayers received an average federal tax break of over $51,700 in 2006. Meanwhile, households in the middle 20% received just $668 on average. Inequality is growing on both sides of the Atlantic. There are those professing to be Epicureans who say, "It’s none of my business – – I ‘m …
The objective of this blog is to discuss relevant questions about current issues and to ask, were Epicurus alive today, what attitude might he adopt toward them. It is not the intention to compete in any way with the excellent Yahoo discussion site, http://us.f364.mail.yahoo.com/ which concentrates on more philosophical matters and where the posts are …
The ticket to Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show cost us $150 each through a ticket touting company (You are lucky to get these tickets, we were told). I remember when I first went to Las Vegas they almost gave away the shows (and the hotel rooms) to get you there to gamble . No more. …
