Erudtions and Entertainment

11/29/15. Joseph Epstein's reviews a MASTERPIECE:

Edward Gibbon.  "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."

"His real subject is good sense and decency in a losing battle with pride, greed, and vice."

All you need to enjoy this masterpiece that has held up for more than 200 years, Mr. Epstein, says, "is time, patience and an attentive mind"   --- rare qualities, indeed.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/empire-erudition-and-entertainment-1448661415

Closed Minds on Campus

11/29/15. What's the matter with kids today?


http://www.wsj.com/articles/closed-minds-on-campus-1448634626?mod=trending_now_4

The Most Beautiful Theory

11/29/15. General Relativity Theory.


http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21679172-century-ago-albert-einstein-changed-way-humans-saw-universe-his-work

Climate Change Will Not Be Dangerous for a Long Time

11/29/15. Matt Ridley in Scientific American.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-will-not-be-dangerous-for-a-long-time/

Choose to be Grateful - It Will Make You Happier

11/25/15.   The grateful living.




http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/opinion/sunday/choose-to-be-grateful-it-will-make-you-happier.html?mabReward=A5&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

America the Vulnerable

11/24/2015. The price of freedom.


http://www.city-journal.org/

Sex and Happiness

11/20/15. Recent research finds that couples who have sex ____ time(s) a week are the most happy.




http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/18/sex-happiness-couples-relationship-research

Psychiatry's Mind-Brain Problem

11/18/15. Psychiatrist George Makari goes to the heart of the mind-brain problem when treating the mentally ill.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/opinion/psychiatrys-mind-brain-problem.html?_r=0

Norman Orstein: How to Help Save The Mentally Ill from Themselves

11/17/15.  A plea for effective congressional action. Too late is better than never.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/opinion/how-to-help-save-the-mentally-ill-from-themselves.html?ref=opinion

Mona Charen: Snowflakes or Fascists?

11/15/15. Student rebels demanding justice? crybullies? fascists? to young to know?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/11/13/snowflakes_or_fascists__128713.html

The myth of the more fragile college student.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/11/myth-of-the-fragile-college-student.html#

Theodore Dalrymple: Reflections on Paris --- November 13, 2015 Terrorist Attack

11/15/15. On the need to think clearly....

http://www.city-journal.org/2015/eon1115td.html

The Top 10 Science Websites of 2015

11/10/15.


Knowledge does not keep any better than fish.


--- Alfred North Whitehead




http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/11/the_top_10_science_websites_of_2015.html

Why Are So Many Middle-Aged White People Dying?

11/9/15.  ?




http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/11/figuring-out-why-so-many-white-people-are-dying.html

The Tryanny of a Big Idea

11/3/15. Many intelligent people are fooled by big scientific ideas that become secular religions where dogma masquerades as truth.




http://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-tyranny-of-a-big-idea-1446510186-lMyQjAxMTA1MTA3MzYwNzM0Wj

For a Better Relationship Know Your Deal Breakers

11/3/15. Elizabeth Bernstein in the WSJ  --- how much better and how much worse?


http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-better-relationships-know-your-deal-breakers-1446489865