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'The Happiness Project' By Gretchen Rubin: Video Review

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 02.02.2010 | Books

Read More: Awaken Your Genius, Aristotle, Ali Binazir, Exercise, Gossip, Happiness Project Review, Gretchen Rubin, Video Book Review, Smart People, Happiness, Books News
Dr. Ali Binazir

If Aristotle was correct in calling happiness the summum bonum of life -- the chief good, the ultimate thing we all strive for in all our strivings -- then The Happiness Project is a sure-fire recipe for having more of it.

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Chief 'Justice' Roberts and the Long Shadow of W

Joel Epstein | Posted 01.26.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Scott Brown, Birthers, Rush Limbaugh, George W. Bush, President Obama, Nina Totenberg, Chief Justice Roberts, George Carlin, Aristotle, Gabriel García MáRquez, John Edwards, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Chamber of Commerce, Maya Angelou, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Joel Epstein

Right now the long shadow of George W. Bush is giving me indigestion and I don't like the way that makes me feel. I wish I hadn't read Angelou's poignant words, or for that matter all of the Supreme Court news.

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Searching for the "Soul" of Government

Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Aristotle, Dialogue, Political Dialogue, Politics, Jim Wallis, Spirit, Plato, Sojourner, Government, Living News
Alex Pattakos

Our nation, as well as so many others around the globe, suffers not so much from a "crisis of competence" but a "crisis of spirit."

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A Year In The Pursuit Of Happiness: 7 Surprising Truths About What Makes Us Happy

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 12.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Stress, The Balannced Life, Aristotle, Relationships, Well-Being, Gretchen Rubin, Oprah, Kindness, Happiness Project, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

In my book, The Happiness Project, I describe the year I spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, from Aristotle to Oprah. On HuffPost, I've recounted some of my adventures in pursuit of happiness.

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8 Gateways To Greater Happiness

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Connecting, Forgiving, Anne Frank, Fun, Talent, Thanksgiving, William Blake, Happiness, Joy, Buddha, Lily Day, Aristotle, Service, Gifts, Lord Byron, Ben Franklin, Gratitude, Living News
Anne Naylor

Happiness grows from a state of mind -- a perspective about life and your engagement with it, and the actions you take to support your happiness.

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Aristotle Negotiates the Middle East

Mitchell Cohen | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, Aristotle, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Benjamin Netanyahu, Settlements, Hamas, Israel, Israel Hamas, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News
Mitchell Cohen

Can we learn something from Aristotle about Israeli-Palestinian arguments? Who can persuade whom of what?

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How 'Doing Good' Makes You Sexier

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness Tips, Love Tips, Divorce Tips, Relationship Tips, Prince Harming Syndrome, Karen Salmansohn, Jon Stewart, Aristotle, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

There is no way to dupe your soul! Hence it's highly worthwhile to consistently choose morally right actions your soul can be proud of!

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Why We Need to Declutter Our Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Aristotle, Friendship, Friend, Declutter, Living News, Toxic, Dynamic, Relationships, Dunbar’s Number, Hoarder, Twitter, Relationship Advice, Gender, Breaking News, Gabonese, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Audit your friendships -- because having too many bad ones can prevent you from having good ones.

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How I Became an Eclipse Chaser -- And Dragged My Family Along!

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Nasa, Ptolemy, Heroditus, Turkey Eclipse, Uyghur, Eclipse Chasing, Cappadocia, Edmond Halley, Umbraphiles, Astronomy, Aristotle, Li Shu, Path of Totality, Solar Eclipse, Mayans, Ugarit, Living News
Suzanne Deal Booth

Eclipse chasing is a serious endeavor. The first time I chased one was with my 16 year old daughter in 2006 in Cappadocia, Turkey, not far from the first recorded total solar eclipse.

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Partial Justice

Barry Schwartz | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Judging, Sonia Sotomayor, Precedent, Rousseau, De Tocqueville, Aristotle, President Obama, Sotomayor Hearings, Law School, Politics News
Barry Schwartz

The mark of a wise judge is the ability to balance. To deny empathy or detachment its proper place is to cut wisdom off at the knees. One without the other would give us only partial justice.

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The Reading of Wonders

Michael Sigman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Google, Ebb Tide, Suzuki Roche, Twitter, Socrates, Elmore Leonord, Reading, Vic Damoe, Aristotle, Paul Simon, Buddhism, Borges, Living News
Michael Sigman

My fascination with the act of reading soon turned into a thirst for the pleasure and meaning only reading can provide

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What is Work? Part I: New Definitions

Sharon Glassman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Aristotle, Work, Plato, Living, Poor Richard's Almanack, Tom Morris, How Stuff Works, Benjamin Franklin, James Brown, Happiness, Style News
Sharon Glassman

Today, when so many Americans are out of it, changing it, and doing it for themselves, has the definition of work changed?

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If Aristotle Ran General Motors

Tom Morris | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Aristotle, Tom Morris, Philosophy, General Motors, Truth, Corporate America, Rick Wagoner, Detroit-Michigan, Business News
Tom Morris

Goodness is important in many forms. An automaker should care about its customers, and design cars for us that are good in many ways -- safe, reliable, inexpensive to operate, and well designed to meet our needs.

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Living in Plato's Cave

Tom Morris | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Aristotle, Freedom, Plato, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Confidence, New York Stock Exchange, Recession, Plato's Cave, Business News
Tom Morris

It's time to move out of Plato's Cave and completely board it up. This is one piece of property that should be put into foreclosure, forever.

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Aristotle and the Minnesota Senate Seat

Tom Gerety | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, Senator Al Franken, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Mark Ritchie, Franken-Coleman-Senate-Race, Garrison Keillor, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Lake Votebegone, Thief River Falls, Politics News
Tom Gerety

What we do not need -- and should not tolerate -- is a dithering quest for perfection in elections -- like the one still underway in Minnesota.

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Media and Political Things to Ponder While Stuck in Traffic

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Mike Wallace, Aristotle, Rush Limbaugh, MSBNC, Meet the Press, Thomas Jefferson, Col. Robert McCormick, Toyota, The Daily Show, Chicago Cubs, Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, The Middle East, Budwiser Beer, Walter Cronkite, Oprah, John Adams, Comb-Overs, Nikita Krushchev, Special Interests, Chicago Tribune, Wolf Blitzer, Media News
Tom Alderman

• If a Walter Cronkite auditioned for a major news anchor job today, he would not get on the call-back sheet. The moustache, alone, would kil...

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Artist Angela Dufresne On Recreating History

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 06.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Angela Dufresne, The Inner Life, George Bush, Fine Art, David Park, Skull and Bones, Veronika Voss, Painting, Gus Van Sant, Cinema, Du Champ, Aristotle, Elizabeth Taylor, John Steinbeck, Werner Herzog, Grey Gardens, Kimberly Brooks, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Losey, Alice Neel, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Flag Pins, Of Mice and Men, Vuillard, Fassbinder, Giotto, Bacon, Ozu, Cassavetes, Haneke, Louvre, Antonioni, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

Angela Dufresne, The Bruno S Island Acting School and the S House, Paris, France, 2006, oil on canvas, 66 by 108 inches. Courtesy of the artist and M...

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