Month: August 2008

The virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another’s. We see only as much as we possess (from Thoreau’s journal on 6/22/1839).

The American Scholar – The Disadvantages of an Elite Education – By William Deresiewicz What happens when busyness and sociability leave no room for solitude? The ability to engage in introspection …is the essential precondition for living an intellectual life, and the essential…

This Old (Healthy) House – Well Researchers found that people who live in older, more walkable neighborhoods are at lower risk for overweight and obesity … because they had been designed for pedestrians. Newer neighborhoods…

taking the lock off the door to www.redbankorbit.com Have a peek around. Let me know if anything looks broken.