Episodes

Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Wondering about Happiness
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
I write a lot about happiness.

People seem to struggle with this.
The problem is that happiness, as a goal, isn’t a very good one.
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Humanist Marriage
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
I have been asked to comment on how a Humanist approaches marriage.

I am happily married so I suppose I am as good an expert on happy humanist marriages as anybody else.
So here goes.
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
Paradigm Shift
Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
Tuesday Jan 21, 2014
There is a good chance that if we have been failing to solve a problem, the reason why we are failing is that our understanding of the problem is flawed.
When this happens, what we need is a paradigm shift.
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Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
Intellectually Lazy
Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
When it comes to politics, if your attitude is a pox on both houses, you are intellectually lazy.
You are basically saying you are too lazy to pay attention to know who is telling the truth and who isn’t.
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Protect Everyone
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Did you know that not everyone is protected under civil rights legislation?
Yeah – turns out that 80% of the population is not protected from harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
Only people in special protected classes are protected.
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