“…since 9/11 CEOs of the leading military contractors have enjoyed a doubling of their annual compensation.  The top 34 defense executives alone made a total of nearly a billion dollars in the past four years”. Sarah Anderson of IPS

When you are young, think about the good times that lie ahead. Do not fear the future. We can control some things, but we cannot control everything. Try not to fret about things you cannot control.

“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be merry: for that should abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun”.  Ecclesiastes  Chapter 8, verse 15

There is no absolute right or wrong, justice or injustice. Justice is simply what society agrees to, and can differ from community to community.  Discuss.

Epicurus famously wrote to Menoceus that “…we must meditate on what brings happiness, since if we have that, we have everything. And if we have not, all our energies are directed at gaining it.” He would be surprised to learn that, contrary to expectations, Europeans are happiest when they are satisfied at work, followed by …

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