Author: Don Morgenson
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Put retired profs to work
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Some time ago, in a study analyzing the central values undergirding North American life, the late Robert Bellah and his colleagues argued that rampant…
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The power of music in comparison to sex
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There is more pleasure to be derived from music than from sex. A Stanford University professor analysed the responses of many and found 96…
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Limits of Reflection
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I have always valued what Socrates recommended — the examined life, the reflective life; to turn inward, thinking about how we might improve ourselves…
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Living in the now puts future generations at risk
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People of today are thoroughly modern; we are compelled by the new and toss the old into oblivion to make room for the new. …
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Poverty is present
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The New York Foundling Hospital opened in 1869 in response to the alarming infant-mortality rate and is one of the oldest social service agencies…
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The stigma situation
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Severe mental illnesses cut with a double-edged sword. On one edge are the biological and social factors that affect the course, which can lead…
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Liberal arts an important discipline
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Certainly no one needs to remind students that job hunting and employment opportunities are not exactly rich in these recession-prone times. And for me,…
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City of Waterloo: intelligent or wise?
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A prominent characteristic of our age is the speed with which we have pushed outwards the boundaries of knowledge. There have been more scientific,…
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Pressures of university unnecessary
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The university system has become a pressure cooker. Students are pressured to be admitted, to be academically competitive and to take the right courses.…
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Beauty privileged in the workplace
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Defining beauty is like “corralling a cloud.” Yes, it might be difficult to define, but we sure know it when we see it, or…
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