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Amazing drummer!
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Amazing drummer!

Jul 26, 2025 1 min read

Amazing drummer!  Watch this.

Why I’m Done With Happiness Talk (For Now)
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Why I’m Done With Happiness Talk (For Now)

Jul 20, 2025 1 min read

Last week’s issue was devoted entirely to the topic of “happiness.” I’m sure that pissed off a lot of readers. I can’t say I blame them. All this…

Trump’s Venezuela Win and LA’s Hotel Crisis
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Trump’s Venezuela Win and LA’s Hotel Crisis

Jul 20, 2025 2 min read

And Then There’s This… After my disappointment with Trump’s decisions re the Epstein files, I felt obliged to mention this as a piece of news. On…

Hint:
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Hint:

Jul 20, 2025 1 min read

Hint: The cat is the economy; the goat is me. Answer: This is how I feel about my stock investments right now

Test Your Baby Knowledge: A Grandfather’s Surprising Results
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Test Your Baby Knowledge: A Grandfather’s Surprising Results

Jul 20, 2025 1 min read

How much do you know about babies? Take the quiz here. My Score: As a grandfather of six children, from one- to nine-years-old, I was expecting to do…

Flash Concerts: Choreographed Joy That Still Works
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Flash Concerts: Choreographed Joy That Still Works

Jul 20, 2025 1 min read

Flash Concert I’ve watched dozens of concerts like this on YouTube. They are not spontaneous. They are choreographed. But the audience is always…

The Science and Art of Happiness
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The Science and Art of Happiness

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

I thought I’d give you a break from the news and focus on a topic I’ve been interested in (and have written about) for a long time: happiness. After my…

How Six Young Nicaraguans Built Their Way Out of Poverty
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How Six Young Nicaraguans Built Their Way Out of Poverty

Jul 16, 2025 4 min read

Feeling Proud and Happy I went to bed last night feeling happy. I was happy because I was remembering spending the evening on the veranda of my home in…

Coleman Hughes and Arthur C. Brooks on Happiness
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Coleman Hughes and Arthur C. Brooks on Happiness

Jul 16, 2025 2 min read

Coleman Hughes and Arthur C. Brooks on Happiness I was too tired to work, even too tired to read. But I wasn’t ready to take a nap, so I thought I’d…

Five Facts That Will Make You Prioritize Happiness
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Five Facts That Will Make You Prioritize Happiness

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

Five encouraging facts about happiness… * Happiness helps your immune system fight back. Positive emotions don’t just feel good – they do good. A study…

The Happiness Files by Arthur C. Brooks: A Social Scientist’s Take
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The Happiness Files by Arthur C. Brooks: A Social Scientist’s Take

Jul 16, 2025 2 min read

The Happiness Files By Arthur C. Brooks What I Liked About It: Arthur C. Brooks is a social scientist who supports his ideas with facts and data that…

Why the World’s Poorest People Often Seem Happiest
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Why the World’s Poorest People Often Seem Happiest

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

Who Are These Women and Why Are They Smiling? Chad has always been and is today one of the poorest countries in Africa, which means it is one of the…