Finding Happiness
a series of postings on major events and issues of our times... along with author comments and excerpts from the recently published book “finding happiness with truth, beauty, and ethicsâ€
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RESHORING
2010-03-18 08:05:42
There will be a fair in Irvine, California, on May 12, 2010. And, there’s a new trend in U.S. jobs. Neither is likely to fix anything soon; both, however, are a step in the right direction. The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) launched [...]
2010-03-18 08:05:42
There will be a fair in Irvine, California, on May 12, 2010. And, there’s a new trend in U.S. jobs. Neither is likely to fix anything soon; both, however, are a step in the right direction. The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) launched [...]
OUR CORE ISSUE – JOBS
2010-03-16 14:41:21
In December 2007, the U.S. non-farm workforce employed 138.2 million people. In February 2010, it employed 129.5 million. That’s a decline of 8.7 million, or 6.3 percent. If there is a core issue facing America, that issue is—jobs.
2010-03-16 14:41:21
In December 2007, the U.S. non-farm workforce employed 138.2 million people. In February 2010, it employed 129.5 million. That’s a decline of 8.7 million, or 6.3 percent. If there is a core issue facing America, that issue is—jobs.
THE PRICE OF DISTRACTION
2010-03-12 11:01:37
Louis-Napoleon once proclaimed, “One of the first duties of a sovereign is to amuse his subjects of all ranks in the social scale,” and this was one responsibility he took seriously. It was a vehicle for him to distract his subjects who struggled from a severe rich-poor gap in France, and struggled as well with [...]
2010-03-12 11:01:37
Louis-Napoleon once proclaimed, “One of the first duties of a sovereign is to amuse his subjects of all ranks in the social scale,” and this was one responsibility he took seriously. It was a vehicle for him to distract his subjects who struggled from a severe rich-poor gap in France, and struggled as well with [...]
2.8 – THE PLATFORM OF HAPPINESS
2010-03-12 09:08:33
Excerpt From: Chapter 2 – Ethics, Economics, and Religion – Ethical Fitness and the Four Pillars. Ethical fitness requires daily practice. That daily practice must be just as rigorous and disciplined as the practice or training demanded by physical fitness. Except, ethical fitness requires the constant involvement of the body, the mind and the soul. Ethical fitness [...]
2010-03-12 09:08:33
Excerpt From: Chapter 2 – Ethics, Economics, and Religion – Ethical Fitness and the Four Pillars. Ethical fitness requires daily practice. That daily practice must be just as rigorous and disciplined as the practice or training demanded by physical fitness. Except, ethical fitness requires the constant involvement of the body, the mind and the soul. Ethical fitness [...]
2.7 – WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING?
2010-03-10 07:54:41
Excerpt From: Chapter 2 – Ethics, Economics, and Religion – Bad Role Models and False Gods The bad role models that our society too often presents to these students are just one of many problems that inhibit the development of ethical fitness. The larger problem with ethics in our culture, however, is that too many of us [...]
2010-03-10 07:54:41
Excerpt From: Chapter 2 – Ethics, Economics, and Religion – Bad Role Models and False Gods The bad role models that our society too often presents to these students are just one of many problems that inhibit the development of ethical fitness. The larger problem with ethics in our culture, however, is that too many of us [...]
THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
2010-03-05 12:19:21
Maybe it’s time for a robust third party. Not the Tea-ers, but a moderate, middle party—a Bernie Sanders party that cares about solutions and understands the value of compromise and the importance of progress on resolving our massive issues. Maybe it’s time for term limits. Maybe it’s time for stricter campaign rules that allow the people to participate rather than just the moneyed. Maybe all of the above!
2010-03-05 12:19:21
Maybe it’s time for a robust third party. Not the Tea-ers, but a moderate, middle party—a Bernie Sanders party that cares about solutions and understands the value of compromise and the importance of progress on resolving our massive issues. Maybe it’s time for term limits. Maybe it’s time for stricter campaign rules that allow the people to participate rather than just the moneyed. Maybe all of the above!
STAGES OF FAITH
2010-03-03 07:31:31
There are stages to growth. We know that. We know that, but we don’t work on it hard enough. The unique trait OF our human nature is our ability to choose, and the most important choice we have to make is the choice to evolve, to grow, to continue to develop. And this choice applies to [...]
2010-03-03 07:31:31
There are stages to growth. We know that. We know that, but we don’t work on it hard enough. The unique trait OF our human nature is our ability to choose, and the most important choice we have to make is the choice to evolve, to grow, to continue to develop. And this choice applies to [...]
PEOPLE WATCHING FOR THE SOUL
2010-03-01 13:35:54
For good end to be achieved, we must choose based on the dictates of our soul, the repository of our innermost core values and our spirit. And then, we become healthy, happy, ethical giants, if our soul is healthy, and if we are not “hollow to the core.”
2010-03-01 13:35:54
For good end to be achieved, we must choose based on the dictates of our soul, the repository of our innermost core values and our spirit. And then, we become healthy, happy, ethical giants, if our soul is healthy, and if we are not “hollow to the core.”
RUMI & TREASURES
2010-02-28 10:09:28
Treasures fall in your lap. Not from the sky. Not in the form of golden nuggets. Not in the form of a notice that you’ve won the lottery. The treasures I’m talking about are more subtle, and more precious. And, sadly, if we’re too tightly wrapped in our cocoons we won’t even notice their effort to [...]
2010-02-28 10:09:28
Treasures fall in your lap. Not from the sky. Not in the form of golden nuggets. Not in the form of a notice that you’ve won the lottery. The treasures I’m talking about are more subtle, and more precious. And, sadly, if we’re too tightly wrapped in our cocoons we won’t even notice their effort to [...]
55411 – NORTH MINNEAPOLIS
2010-02-27 10:52:51
There’s something good happening in North Minneapolis. The zip code I’m talking about is 55411. That’s pretty close to my zip code of 55446. In fact, it’s just 6/100ths of one percent different. Yet, it’s worlds apart. 55446 is in Plymouth, selected in 2008 as one of America’s best places to live. 55411 not many years back was the center of what was called Murderapolis.
2010-02-27 10:52:51
There’s something good happening in North Minneapolis. The zip code I’m talking about is 55411. That’s pretty close to my zip code of 55446. In fact, it’s just 6/100ths of one percent different. Yet, it’s worlds apart. 55446 is in Plymouth, selected in 2008 as one of America’s best places to live. 55411 not many years back was the center of what was called Murderapolis.