Meet the the man who first identified “flow”
I've often heard about "flow," but never from the man who was personally responsible for developing the theory: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced "cheeks sent me high").
Putting the bailout in perspective
Don't read this if you want to sleep well tonight. Stay away from the comments too. People would be swarming in the streets with pitchforks and torches tonight, except that so many of us are afflicted with innumeracy and because we are so easily distractible. How many of us have…
Paul Kurtz: Belief in God is not essential for moral virtue.
Paul Kurtz is the chairman and founder of the Center for Inquiry and the Editor-in-Chief of FREE INQUIRY Magazine. He is also a prolific author. Kurtz is featured in a Washington Post article entitled, "Belief in God Essential for Moral Virtue?" This is a succinct article that is well worth…
Sanity on climate change and energy issues: coming soon to the White House
Isn't this a breath of fresh air? Watching Barack Obama talk about these important issues also makes me think of eight years of lost opportunities. At least we're going to have an energy policy, rather than policy vacuum driven by a blind faith in the "free market." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk&eurl=http://www.facebook.com/home.php[/youtube]
The Onion publishes a letter from a Christian setting the record straight
The Onion has published a letter from a Christian who wants to set the record straight: "It's not like I'm one of those wacko 'love your neighbor as yourself' types." It's classic Onion satire aimed squarely at the kind of Christian who has dominated the news for the past eight…