July 12, 2006 | No comments yet
Catch this from the Washington Post: A wealth of data in recent decades has shown that once personal wealth exceeds about $12,000 a year, more money produces virtually no increase in life satisfaction. From 1958 to 1987, for example, income
July 10, 2006 | No comments yet
“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet
July 7, 2006 | 1 comment
It’s been ten years since Dolly’s birth, the lamb that was cloned in Scotland. Time magazine reported this week, “Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first little lamb—mice, cats, cows, pigs, horses and, most recently, a dog—and it’s
July 4, 2006 | 4 comments
July 4th is Independence Day in the United States, a time when US citizens celebrate their right to self-government and self-directed sovereignty. There’s an even greater freedom than political and religious rights, though, that people the world over can celebrate.
June 30, 2006 | 5 comments
It’s one of the biggest cons in the bird kingdom. The famous cuckoo bird rarely builds its own nest. When ready to lay eggs, mother cuckoo looks for a nest with eggs similar to hers already in it. When mom