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Cut off from society, sports become junk

By Erik Curren | March 20, 2013

Roman Gladiators

If junk food contains little nutrition without the benefits of real food, then junk sports provide only empty entertainment without the benefits of real sports. Rather than inspiring ordinary people to become healthy and achieve their physical and mental potential in cooperation with others, junk sports encourage laziness, celebrity-worship and über-competitiveness. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Achievement, Karl Polanyi, medicine, Physical Exertion, sports, Super Bowl

DIY medical care

By Staff Reports | September 28, 2010

Cover art for When There is no Doctor

BOOK REVIEW When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Uncertain Times (Process Self-reliance Series) By Gerard S. Doyle Process Press, 2010, $17.95 Even if you're not ready to come to terms with the possibility of a very different world in our near future, When There Is No Doctor would be an important addition to your family library, especially … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: family, health, homesteading, local economy, medicine, Oct 2010

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