This morning I ran across two seemingly unrelated stories:Is Happiness Still That New Car Smell?-- New York Times, Oct. 21, 2009  The recession and a growing awareness of the environment are

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1) The Horror of $134 Billion"[T]he educated classes, an ill-dressed, underfed, overdunk group of squatters with minds so highly developed that they were excused from good manners, tastes so ref

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Perhaps there's something about the daily onslaught of deranged government plans to "shore up" and "fix" the economy that is causing us to feel a certain hunger for understanding,

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Imagine you’re running a marathon. Against incredible odds, you’re in first place. The finish line is just yards away; as you cross it, triumphant, the feeling of ecstasy immediately vani

Volatile swings and crushing losses in the stock market are enough to drive you crazy. Literally. The phones of psychologists in New York have been ringing off the hook as Wall Street’s executi

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