TOS Weekly - Growing Up with Jane Austen
The new BBC miniseries Miss Austen (based on the novel by Gil Hornby) commemorates the 250th anniversary of this remarkable author’s birth.
In today’s TOS Weekly:
Creating and Climbing Your Ladder of Happiness
Navigating Today’s Seductive and Destructive Language
Aristotle Versus Religion
Reviewed: Miss Austen, adapted by Andrea Gibb
Walter Williams: Intransigent Individualist
Enjoy!
Thomas Walker-Werth
Managing Editor
Creating and Climbing Your Ladder of Happiness
How can you decide what to make of your life? How can you choose among the countless alternatives? And, when you do decide, what must you do to follow through and build a life you love?
Navigating Today’s Seductive and Destructive Language (A Study of Package-Deals and Anti-Concepts)
If we know the referents of the terms we use, then we know what we are thinking and talking about when we use them. If we don’t, we don’t.
Aristotle Versus Religion
Careful observation of history reveals two dramatically different approaches to life on Earth.
Walter Williams: Intransigent Individualist
Walter Williams (born March 31, 1936) defended free markets, championed individualism, and fought to liberate black people and other minorities from destructive ideas and policies.
‘Hope for a Better World’
“TOS is essential to me maintaining my sanity, not to mention hope for a better world.” —John
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