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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WHAT THE STOCK MARKET IS TELLING US
2010-05-27 16:03:15
What is the stock market telling us? No one knows for sure, but most everyone has an opinion. Some of these opinions are bearish, some are bullish, some are reasoned, some irrational, some based on old ideas, some are based on hopeful new concepts and some are based on fantasies. Some are based on mathematical formulas [...]
2010-05-27 16:03:15
What is the stock market telling us? No one knows for sure, but most everyone has an opinion. Some of these opinions are bearish, some are bullish, some are reasoned, some irrational, some based on old ideas, some are based on hopeful new concepts and some are based on fantasies. Some are based on mathematical formulas [...]
2.19 – ETHICS AND ECONOMICS ARE COMPATIBLE
2010-05-24 14:59:30
But one way has been there for us to follow any time we chose: the way of ethics, the way of moderation, the way of values-driven behavior, the way of balance and truth and beauty, the way of harmonious and mutually-supportive relationships.
2010-05-24 14:59:30
But one way has been there for us to follow any time we chose: the way of ethics, the way of moderation, the way of values-driven behavior, the way of balance and truth and beauty, the way of harmonious and mutually-supportive relationships.
2.18 – FOUR WAYS TO GET RICH
2010-05-20 09:54:39
We used to be dedicated to honest and hard work. Today we are dedicated to riches for some and indifference for the rest; and these riches can only be achieved in four ways: We can earn them. We can inherit them. We can get lucky and win them. Or we can steal them.
2010-05-20 09:54:39
We used to be dedicated to honest and hard work. Today we are dedicated to riches for some and indifference for the rest; and these riches can only be achieved in four ways: We can earn them. We can inherit them. We can get lucky and win them. Or we can steal them.
2.17 – A RECIPE FOR SURVIVAL
2010-04-22 07:42:07
The use of the lens of ethics can moderate the driving force of accumulating power and wealth. Its use may mean a bit less for the mighty and a good bit more for the many. Its use will mean a universal effort to reduce life’s imperfections; and in that we will all find our way to happiness.
2010-04-22 07:42:07
The use of the lens of ethics can moderate the driving force of accumulating power and wealth. Its use may mean a bit less for the mighty and a good bit more for the many. Its use will mean a universal effort to reduce life’s imperfections; and in that we will all find our way to happiness.
2.15 – WILL WE SURVIVE?
2010-04-13 07:30:44
Will our relationships, in that next lifetime just around the corner, be supportive and mutually-satisfying? Will we behave according to the universal values in our hearts? Or will we behave according to the momentum driven by the false gods? Will we be happy in that lifetime to come? Will our planet survive the demands we make upon it? Will we survive?
2010-04-13 07:30:44
Will our relationships, in that next lifetime just around the corner, be supportive and mutually-satisfying? Will we behave according to the universal values in our hearts? Or will we behave according to the momentum driven by the false gods? Will we be happy in that lifetime to come? Will our planet survive the demands we make upon it? Will we survive?
2.14 – REASON TO HOPE: PRAXIS
2010-04-11 10:02:05
In less than 45 days, we can change the world. That’s the simple arithmetic of it. Pass it on! There is reason to hope. It begins with taking that first step. It begins with awareness, impartiality, and engagement (praxis).
2010-04-11 10:02:05
In less than 45 days, we can change the world. That’s the simple arithmetic of it. Pass it on! There is reason to hope. It begins with taking that first step. It begins with awareness, impartiality, and engagement (praxis).
WHICH BANKRUPTCY WILL IT BE?
2010-04-02 07:23:23
The headlines of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, were a bit more catchy than normal, though those headlines are always carefully crafted to stir and incite their core readers and those of us who want to know what “they” are reading. Among the headlines that caught my eye: “Terror Blasts Hit Moscow,” [...]
2010-04-02 07:23:23
The headlines of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, were a bit more catchy than normal, though those headlines are always carefully crafted to stir and incite their core readers and those of us who want to know what “they” are reading. Among the headlines that caught my eye: “Terror Blasts Hit Moscow,” [...]
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 [...]