Environment

Now for the good news

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For someone who is so steeped in the horrors of what we are doing to our environment, Roger Gottlieb is amazingly upbeat and positive. I loved the passion in his review of Poisoned Profits in the current Tikkun and I expected an angry man on our Phone Forum last night. Instead I heard him say that the greatest good news story of recent decades has been the rise of religious environmentalism. Listen to it here. [Roger Gottlieb is professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.

Health

Love of Friends

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Friends help you live longer. And the reason is mysterious to researchers who have barely looked at this before! Only smoking was as important a risk factor as lack of social support for the health of 736 middle aged Swedish men. I love this article. “In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t terribly well appreciated,” said Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.