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Is Obesity a Disease?
The American Medical Association has decided by an overwhelming majority that obesity is a disease. I wish I could share their certainty. Obesity is a personal and public health hazard, a risk factor for many conditions, and an indicator for … Continue reading
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Exploring Buddhism
I attended a welcome session and mediation at a Buddhist center in Cambridge the other night. There was so much not to think about.
Larry Summers is Nearsighted
The third in a series of posts inspired by What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. When Larry Summers was the President of Harvard, one day he opened Morning Prayer at Memorial Chapel with … Continue reading
What Money Can’t Buy – 1: Economic Prepositions
I recently read Michael J. Sandel’s What Money Can’t Buy: the Moral Limits of Markets. The book stirred up ideas that kept branching and expanding and inspired a series of blog essays. The economic underpinnings of the United States have … Continue reading
Cape Cod on a Summer Day and Evening
There is no place more beautiful than Cape Cod on a clear summer day, except perhaps that same crooked peninsula as day wanes and evenings jeweled light shimmers across the bay. This weekend was my first significant cycling on Cape … Continue reading
Abby Joins the Peace Corps
Nearly forty years ago, as a Bachelor of Civil Engineering seeking a 180-degree break from academia before pursuing graduate school, I applied to ACTION, the 1970’s-era aggregation of government service efforts that included the Peace Corps, VISTA, and a smattering … Continue reading
The Costco Workout
Being late the party, what can I say about my first trip to Costco that has not already been said? The bargains are good, the quantities obscene, and the clientele value-driven. It’s only been a few years since I ventured … Continue reading
1000 Bikram Yoga Classes
Today I hit a milestone – 1000 Bikram yoga classes. The date corresponded with completing exactly four years of practice, an average of 250 classes per year. I wasn’t counting until one day the owner Jill told me I was … Continue reading
Rumblings of Revolution
In 1977 I spent beautiful spring afternoons in an overheated classroom with a view of a trash compactor in MIT’s nondescript Building 12 snoozing through Urban Sociology, the last of my Humanities requirements and perhaps the most boring course ever … Continue reading
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