Watching parents struggle to keep their young children quiet on a recent plane trip reminded me of how stressful traveling was a few years ago when my kids were really young. My wife Anne and I would do everything we could to keep our kids from annoying other passengers, but no matter how hard we tried, one would always scream …
WORTH READING: “…Jesus did not say: First, administer a breathalyzer test to the supplicant, or, first, sit him down for a pep talk on ‘focus’ and ‘goal-setting.'” — Barbara Ehrenreich
Freakonomics.com is a website that explores the economics of everyday life, written by an economist and a journalist. A few ago, the collaborators behind Freakonomics asked several writers and thinkers to respond to the following question: You are walking down the street in New York City with $10 of disposable income in your pocket. You come to a corner with …
QUOTE: “Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only by their effects.” — H.P. Lovecraft
What effects do you produce when you give to a panhandler? What effects do you produce when you do not give?