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Why Elizabeth Gilbert’s Ideas about Happiness in Eat Pray Love are Wrong 0
- Culture
- January 4, 2019
As the year begins, many will embark on a self-improvement project. Elizabeth Gilbert’s mega-selling memoir Eat Pray Love has inspired millions towards a journey of self-discovery. Many believe Gilbert is wise. Gilbert made the Time Magazine list of 100 most influential people in the world, and she was named to Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list of
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Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.0
- History
- January 4, 2019
Christmas is over, right? Or so many of us think. But before the Christmas season ran from Thanksgiving to December 25th, as it does today, the first few days of January were a major part of the Christmas celebration. The “Twelve Days of Christmas” officially end on January 6th, or Epiphany, the day on which
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More Americans Find “Meaning in Life” Through Money than Faith 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2019
What makes your life meaningful? For Christians the answer should be some variation of our faith in God. But if that’s your answer you are distinctly in the minority in the U.S. The Pew Research Center conducted two separate surveys, one that included an open-ended question asking Americans to describe in their own words what
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What is Hygge and Why Does Everyone Love It?1
- Culture
- January 3, 2019
During these last few holiday seasons in Britain and America, a strange new concept has become incredibly popular. Occupying the minds of many of my female friends and family members, this concept is know as ‘Hygge” (pronounced Hoo-Ga). This word originates from the far-off, exotic land of Denmark and has no direct translation into English.
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The Nash Equilibrium Minimum Wage Is Zero 0
- Economics
- January 3, 2019
As the New Jersey legislature and governor debate the details of a hike in the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, it is worth taking a step back and contemplating one of the greatest thinkers in New Jersey history, Nobel Laureate John Nash. (Nash was the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind,
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Would Trump’s Wall Eventually Pay for Itself?0
- Politics
- January 3, 2019
In January, 2018, citing an extensive study from Harvard University, the Washington Times reported that 80 percent of Americans, including 68 percent of Democrats, want tighter security on our southern border. Many of those polled, we may presume, would support building a wall to help provide that security. Opponents of such a wall
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Why Elizabeth Gilbert’s Ideas about Happiness in Eat Pray Love are Wrong 0