Which pairings work best? We’re all familiar with the tale of a man and a woman from two different worlds falling in love — one’s usually a Pollyanna or a goody two shoes and the...
Eclectic is the best word to describe Integrated Wisdom. Our focus in this section is on ideas, and we cut across an unlimited range of topics -- from smoking cigars, to cross-dressing, to problems with education, to name just a few. These articles are interesting and entertaining, but also informative and, we hope, provocative. They will get you thinking, sometimes on stuff you never bothered to think about before.
Looking for Your Soul Mate?
The irrational side of love. Romantic love is a wonderful thing. In fact, it’s so wonderful that we hold onto it as an ideal. In our imaginations, the object of our affections is head over...
9 Signs your Partner is Emotionally Mature
And why that’s important for a relationship. When we think about finding a partner, our first inclination is to rely on our hearts. Certainly, romantic love is important, but it’s of limited value...
The Deadliest Train Wrecks
Our need to look upon disasters is psychologically healthy. Our eyes are drawn to a disaster, be it natural, such as a hurricane, volcanic eruption, or tornado, or man-made, such as a car crash or...
Moving to Paradise
Finding your place to retire. When you retire, things get turned upside down. What was once important can’t matter any more. You can no longer derive your identity by what you did for a living...
Married, Living Together, or Staying Single
Is one best for your health and well-being? How to structure intimate relationships is an issue of our times. Going back fifty years or so, it was easy — get married. But today we have...
The Makings of a Good Restaurant
Is it about high quality food? Restaurateur Eddie Black says no. When you go to a restaurant that you’ve been to before, the last thing you should ever say to yourself is, “I hope...
The Creative Con
Some of America’s most ingenious swindlers. Con men have been around forever. They’re so pervasive that powerthesaurus.org lists 150 synonyms for this particular type of criminal...
What Are You Curious About?
Our curiosity is slipping… and that does not bode well for innovation. A release this week questioned our time devoted to curiosity. It suggested our time committed to Social Media is...
Great American Scoundrels of the 18th and 19th Centuries
A few unsavory characters in our early history. America has had it’s share of master criminals — gangsters, wild west outlaws, serial killers, terrorists, mass murderers, con artists...
