Time for a quick reflection, via a new book, on the American holiday that celebrates work, Labor Day: Not much has changed about the nature of work since the guy pictured above was roaming the earth, and that fact should prompt you to think more deeply about the career that you give your life to. … Continue reading Hey, Labor Day’s for neanderthals too
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Happiness for $10.99
What’s the definition of happiness? Driving home from Vegas this weekend, I realized that Sin City thinks it has some answers to that question. You start seeing them when you’re still miles out from the Strip, weaving through the desert on Interstate 15. One billboard says, Gourmet meal $10.99 with a picture of a lobster … Continue reading Happiness for $10.99
Eden and immortality: new in bookstores
Man, Adam and Eve had no idea how lucky they were. No botox, no mortgage, no shame, no global warming. You name it. This summer, the superb publishing firm Palgrave MacMillan is bringing us two books that illustrate in dramatic, sometimes bleak terms what we've lost (besides Paradise) and what the future holds for us … Continue reading Eden and immortality: new in bookstores
Nick Owchar 
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