Britons use their lawnmowers for an average of 4 hours every year. (since it rains for 364 days of the year, this is not surprising). Power drills are used for an average of 20 minutes throughout their entire life. (Sunday Telegraph). What the Sunday Telegraph does not tell us is how long it takes to …
A media pundit who had become a celebrity in Portugal for his cogent attacks on the government’s austerity cuts has been exposed as an ex-con forger who had invented his credentials in a bid for fame. Artur Baptista da Silva began his adventure last April when he distributed business cards claiming to be an economics …
Set alongside Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism seems like the odd one out. The other two seem obvious paths to tranquility and “human flourishing”: they teach you to prepare for life’s difficulties, to pay attention, to develop good habits of thought, and to practice therapeutic tricks on yourself. (Chapter 7 of “How to live, A Life …
A few months ago the Sisters of Mary, a Catholic organization based in Ohio, made a video claiming that contraception makes women unattractive to men, makes them murderers, that it turns men gay and that it makes them have sex with dogs (this is not a joke. They genuinely said it. Visit www.comeunityintruth.com ) The …
“Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober, and consequently ugly-looking”. Nietzsche Well, isn’t that just too doggarn bad! We cannot retire when faced with unreasonable bullies. I really don’t care whether Epicureans are regarded as ugly-looking. The problem is that you …
