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Why don't we make large public parks any more?

8/28/2013

Frognerparken in Oslo, Norway.

OSLO, Norway — Would Americans devote a large park in the center of a busy city to the work of just one sculptor?

Perhaps that’s too difficult of a question, so I’ll back up a bit.

Would we devote 111 acres of a busy city to any sort of park at all, sculptor or not, the way Norwegians have with Frognerparken?

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Are you smarter than a 120 year old?

8/7/2013

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Ask the folks around you if they would like to live to be 120 and the results may correspond roughly with age.

Young people might say, as did the bright 22-year-old with a desk near my office, “Sure, if I could remain active and healthy.”

Older people, however, tend to grimace in horror.

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Want to stop smoking? Start going to church

8/5/2013

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Want to stop smoking? Go to church.

OK, it might not really be as simple as that, but a newly published survey by Gallup draws a strong correlation between smoking and church attendance. Simply put, the more you attend church, the less likely you are to light up. (Read the survey here.)

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Why don't we make large public parks any more?

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Want to stop smoking? Start going to church

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