Review of Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick’s account of the first fifty-five years of European settlement in the New England area is both intellectually fascinating and enlightening. You can’t help but feel for the hardships the first-generation Pilgrims faced as they established relations with the Massasoit and the Pokanoket. It makes any of our challenges in today’s world seem [...]

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How To Live The Good Life

I’ve started this blog with one purpose: to track my search for the “Good Life.” What exactly that is, I’m still not sure. What I’ve discovered so far is what is definitely not the Good Life. Those are:

Impressing others
Earning a whole lot of money
Possessing a vast assortment of things

While there may be a correlation between [...]

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