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Summer 2020

Time to Let Go

Martin Coates

Many of us probably nurse a dearly held grudge against someone—even though that grudge mostly just hurts us.

Winter 2018

Wasting Away

Martin Coates

The food we produce today could adequately feed the world, yet we throw it away by the tons. Not only do millions go hungry as a result, but our wastefulness has a direct environmental impact.

Winter 2017

Failing to Succeed

Martin Coates

How you read the title of this article may say something about your view of failure—and about the likelihood of your eventual success.

 

Spring 2016

Famine: Causes and Cures

Martin Coates

What’s the answer to the perennial problem of food shortages and famine?

Summer 2015

Keys to Success

Martin Coates

Success is often viewed as the attainment of wealth, fame or power. By that measure, however, most of us will never succeed. What is success, and is there any way to guarantee it?

Summer 2014

The Pursuit of Happiness

Martin Coates

Happiness is often regarded as a basic human right these days, but does a person’s ability to be happy depend on circumstances, or can we achieve it despite living under trying conditions? Current research confirms ancient wisdom on finding real happiness. 

Spring 2014

Of War and Peace

Martin Coates

Today, as the world marks the 100-year anniversary of the conflict’s fateful beginning, World War I continues to be fertile ground for authors. Vision reviews three new books on the subject.

December 2, 2013

Meditation: The Search for Inner Peace

Martin Coates

What does the word meditation mean to you? Sitting in the lotus position and chanting? Shutting out the world to seek enlightenment from within? Emptying the mind for a while to find peace? Here’s a completely different approach—one that can be of tremendous value to every one of us.

October 19, 2012

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All Men

Martin Coates

The proclamation of “peace on earth and goodwill to all” is popular at Christmas time. In a world torn by war, crime and greed, where is the peace and goodwill?

The Heart of the City

Martin Coates

The migration of populations from rural to urban is taking place around the world. Why this unparalleled growth in city dwelling?

Conspicuous Consumption

Martin Coates

Conspicuous consumption is often used to describe spending on goods and services by individuals or households that wish to display their wealth or income.

Spring 2010

In the Beginning

Martin Coates

How the universe came into existence continues to intrigue—and baffle—cosmologists. Can anyone ever know how it all really began?

Live Long and Prosper

Martin Coates

What does it take to achieve a long and prosperous life? In The Blue Zones, National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner relates his attempt to find out.

Who Needs A Hero?

Martin Coates

Why the long fascination with superheroes? Does it indicate a deep-seated hope people have that someone will save them from the current peril or crisis?

The Foundations of Charity

Martin Coates

Before deciding how we give for humanitarian relief, and to whom we give, we need to be as sure as we can that we are giving wisely and effectively.

Yes, but . . .

Martin Coates

Even if one accepts the big-bang model on faith, obvious questions come to mind for most people: What came before the big bang?

The Value of Happiness

Martin Coates

In a 2007 poll, 58 percent of children said they would choose happiness over wealth. But what does it take to make people happy? 

Summer 2009

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Martin Coates

Aging and death are part of life—or are they? Science is telling us that it may soon be possible to extend life indefinitely. But is that what we really want?

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