This morning, on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michelle Martin, guest Gwen Ifill was asked if Super Tuesday would decide the election for either party. Ifill, a seasoned political journalist on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, laughed and said no. This will be the year that the voters actually decide the election, Ifill replied. [...]
Archive for February, 2008
An Election Firmly in Our Hands
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Election, Politics on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Lesson from the Stoic, Epictetus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Philosophy on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The stoics reminded me of an important lesson today. While on occasion their philosophy seems to call for a pithed, emotionally detached existence, I find it extremely important to consider their insistence that we are in total control of our emotions.
“If you wish to have your desires undisappointed, this is in your own control…”
I have, [...]
