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Fording the Gorge Between Fiction and Fact

Here’s a letter to the Los Angeles Times:

Arguing that greater government “redistribution” of income will spark economic growth, Gloria Richards repeats the fable that Henry Ford more than doubled his workers’ pay to $5 per day so that “they themselves could afford to drive his automobiles” (Letters, Aug. 29).

Health insurance for the elderly?

Blroll commenting on this post, writes:

How or why would private insurance companies insure anyone over the age of 65? I think any system private or governmental would require younger participants to support retirees.

Something’s gotta give

Missouri voters have voted against the federal mandate in ObamaCare requiring everyone to buy health insurance.

Not surprisingly, they like their current health care more than ObamaCare.

How to Give Up Coffee and Caffeine Altogether

A few of the original readers of DLM may remember my article about quitting smoking. Well, after hearing that my father-in-law gave up coffee and caffeine 8 months ago and how it's impacted him, I decided to do the same.

Even King George II had an Official ‘Bugg Destroyer’ to Shoo Bugs from his Palaces’ Furniture and Curtains

Here’s a letter to the Los Angeles Times, followed by a reprise of a post from 2004:

John Crowther is correct that Benjamin Franklin’s world “was vastly different from today’s world” (Letters, August 1).  But that world was different in the opposite way that Mr. Crowther imagines.

Congress Created Them All

Here’s a letter to the Washington Post:

You’re right to worry that Uncle Sam responded to the public’s anxiety about terrorism by creating an overgrown intelligence bureaucracy with bloated budgets that strain our wallets and arbitrary powers that mock the Constitution as they threaten our freedoms (“The overgrowth of intelligence programs since Sept. 11,” July 22).

Five Simple Diet Tips That Actually Work

A third of Americans are obese – and another third are overweight. The global picture isn't much rosier.Many of us, even if we're not exactly "fat", know that we could do with using a few pounds. Whether it's for our health, to improve our confidence, or just because we want to get back into those jeans, we'd like to diet successfully. But so often, our diets end up starting on a Monday and ending before Tuesday.

A Simple, Balanced Appproach to Your Diet

We are constantly bombarded with messages about healthy eating, dieting and keeping fit. Scares about food appear in the media continually: salmonella, BSE, dioxins, E.

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The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?
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The "here" is everywhere, and the now always. Go beyond the "I-am-the-body" idea and you will find that space and time are in you and not you in space and time. Once you have understood this, the main obstacle to realization is removed.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj