By Donald B. Ardell - 02.17.13

I enjoy all holidays, and other days in between for that matter, but some special occasions inspire particularly good thoughts about an honoree whose life is recalled and celebrated.

Two of my favorite holidays are August 11 and July 18.

On August 11 in 1833, Robert Green Ingersoll was born in Dresden, NY. Not many Americans save those of the most ardent secular persuasive recognize this occasion as a holiday, take the day off and raise a toast in honor of “The Great Agnostic,” a colossal REAL wellness pioneer.  

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By Donald B. Ardell - 02.10.13

You probably know by now that Congress is about to grant an additional $50.5 billion to the $9.7 billion in federal recovery aid for Hurricane Sandy. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) and HUD will determine how the aid is distributed.

Can you anticipate a church/state conflict in this? Would it surprise you to learn that religious interests are pressuring Congress to force taxpayers, millions of whom are not religious, to contribute to the rebuilding of churches, temples and...

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By Donald B. Ardell on 02.03.13

There are some situations in democratic societies wherein the “public interest” requires restrictions on individual freedoms. We have laws designed to protect people thought to be a danger to themselves, laws that quarantine people thought to a danger to others owing to evidence that they are harboring transmittable toxins and so on. Not everyone is pleased with...

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By Donald B. Ardell - 01.27.13

The wellness concept, first expressed by Halbert L. Dunn and promoted to a popular audience in the late 1970’s by my own Rodale Press book, High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs and Disease, started out as a positive, life-enriching philosophy focused on principles for optimal well being.   For varied reasons, the term wellness was adopted by business interests and others. Unfortunately, the adopters of...

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By Donald B. Ardell - 01.20.13

Imagine how put off you would be if, at the start of every workday, all employees at your worksite were expected to stand, face the flag and recite the Lord’s Prayer - or passages from the Bhagavad-Gita or the Holy Quran. Unless you were a devotee of the favored religion, you’d...
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By Donald B. Ardell - 12.23.12

I dunno, maybe some articles should be marked gender specific or something. I mention this because I struggled a bit with a column in the December 12 edition of the Huffington Post. An essay by Kristen Mark dealt with a topic we guys are famous (infamous) for not contemplating so much, namely, the female orgasm. Thus, my initial...

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