by Morning Reflections | Jul 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. In the world of economics, one word is more powerful than any other. That word is free. In his book Predictably Irrational, economist Dan Ariely points out that “zero is not just another...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. “It’s the best of songs, and it’s the worst of songs.” That’s the verdict of Dave Marsh in his book Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World’s Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Song. In 1964 a Seattle band...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. When American musicians sell 500,000 copies of a single or an album, they are rewarded with a symbolic gold record. NASA scientists forever redefined the meaning of that term when they sent two...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest who leads a special ministry. The guy with the snowy beard in the picture above is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program in the...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. “Your legs are thinner than my arms!” That’s how one of the contestants at Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest on Coney Island on July 4, 2001, mocked the new guy. The new guy was Takeru Kobayashi, a 23-year-old...
