A reader has asked me a good question, that is, whether I agree with Epicurus that pleasure, and thus happiness, is the most important thing in life, or whether Aristotle and Kant were right that virtue, or morality, are the most important objectives. Below is my personal take. To start with the ideas put …
Wealthy students – the offspring of oligarchs, Middle Eastern royalty, and Asian businesspeople – have replaced bankers as the most common tenants of London’s most expensive flats in London. Apparently one estate agent in Mayfair told a reporter that 35% of his flats in the £750 to £1,000-a-week bracket were now rented by foreign students. …
Statistics from the Pew Research Centre shows that women are the breadwinners in four in ten US households that include children under the age of 18 – “quadruple the share in 1960”. This headline finding is a little misleading, though. If you look at the study in detail, you find that the proportion of women …
A GP and former rugby professional has dramatically improved his patients’ health and well-being, and saved money, by prescribing walking, reports. A Manchester University audit of Dr John Morgan’s practice in Wigan has revealed that of the patients who joined his walking group, 29% were able to give up anti-depressants and 92.5% reported improvements in …
Letter from the Federal Communications Commission: “Thank you very much for the input you provided into the public record of our ongoing Open Internet proceeding. As of 11:59pm on September 15, 2014, the comment cycle of this proceeding is now closed. I’m very glad that the record will include your thoughts and opinions, along with …
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