Under the heading "Gated Communities" Mickey posed the following question a few days ago: "Besides the principle of living simply, is there anything in Eism akin to Jesus’ admonition to the wealthy man to sell all his possessions? " I posed the same question in turn on the Yahoo Epicurean chat site, and Victor …
My son works for a Japanese bank in London. Some while ago, the manager of a smaller regional bank in Japan was persuaded to assist what turned out to be a mafia operation, money laundering and so on. He tried to get out of it, but he and his senior managers were threatened with their …
At a nearby table in a restaurant last night sat Paul Wolfowitz and his lady friend, apparently without a care in the world, although Mr. W had put on a lot of weight since last I saw him. It was quite hard to maintain an Epicurean calm and indifference, being so close to a man …
D’Apollonia raised an interesting issue back in November. The writer talked about “the dreadful reading of the Constitution since the late 19th century that allows corporations the same rights as individuals. Corporations, unlike individuals, do not die, unless they are unsuccessful and go bust. They can thus amass fortunes in ways that individuals cannot, and …
Peggy Sanday’s study of 186 hunter-gatherer cultures found that when men are involved in the care of their own infants the cultures do not make war. This greater involvement of men with their babies may eventually contribute to a more peaceful world. That thought makes me optimistic. JOHN GOTTMAN Psychologist; Founder of Gottman Institute; Author …
