Tag Archive | "Health"

Freud: So wrong and yet so right

Thursday, May 4, 2006

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USA Today: “As the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud’s birth approaches on Saturday, mental-health experts consider his legacy mixed: A seminal thinker, Freud was far ahead of his time with some ideas but dead wrong on others. ” (more…)

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The Worst President in History?

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

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There is a great article in this month’s Rolling Stone by the respected Princeton University historian, Sean Wilentz. He looks at the Bush administration from several angles. I’m most concerned about the current rage of uncritcal thinking and outdated views on science and Wilentz. From the article: “While forcing federally funded agencies to remove from their [...]

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Religious Attendance Extends Life

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

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Weekly religious attendance nearly as effective as statins and exercise in extending life, study finds. In a study comparing the associations between faith and health, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) physician has shown the improvements in life expectancy of those who attend religious services on a weekly basis to be comparable to those [...]

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The Peace Corps

Friday, July 1, 2005

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Well, I applied to the Peace Corps. I’ve had a great career in business so far however, other than giving money to local charities and occasionally volunteering, I don’t feel that I’ve done my part. I’m beginning to understand the words Ralph Waldo Emmerson wrote over 100 years ago, “To leave the world a bit [...]

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Sarcasm and Power Outages

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

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Researchers today announced that they’ve identified the area of the brain responsible for sarcasm. In a related story, Congress is applauded for it’s funding of very important scientific research. Ha! So, what does this have to do with anything? I’m in Connecticut this week staying at one of the hotels in the Hartford area. Tonight [...]

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Christian Children’s Fund

Saturday, December 25, 2004

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For Christmas, I sponsored a child for my Nana. It’s not much money to sponsor a kid and the money is leveraged in ways that would be impossible here in the U.S. Here’s a summary that CCF send me. Jannapa Somnukton’s parents plant rice on their land for a living. They have to face the [...]

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