Why are Americans protecting guns and gun owners and not children? You don’t have to be a follower of Epicurus to oppose the ownership of semi and fully automatic guns in the hands of non-military people. You just have to have a modicum of common sense. The above is a précis of the reaction …
Thanks to the huge power, political and financial, of the very rich, Americans have the shortest holidays, work the longest hours (equated with “productivity” by economists) and in general have the worst benefits of any industrial country. This is partly because the ruthless end of American management have anathematized unions and union members over many …
Many people equate business, financial or political success with happiness or even a blessing from their god. They are roosters, feeling that “providence” has ordained their position at the top of the heap, and they behave accordingly. Avoid them if you can. Avoid “success prophets” and stressful things like amassing money and then having to …
“Live simply and prudently, with self-control; and moderation. Seek simple pleasures, those that satisfy natural and necessary desires, chief of which are food, drink, clothing, a roof over your head, friendship and love”. Someone called this “Buddhism without the multiple gods”. I call it common sense, but unfortunately human being sometimes have a deficit in …
More than 100,000 Texans have petitioned the White House to let Texas secede from the Union. Epicureans would reply, ” if that gives you pleasure and happiness, go ahead!” Texas has its own independent power grid, has “a rock solid infrastructure” and is blessed with a wealth of “refined oil, natural gas, cattle and cotton. …
