by David Howell | Apr 18, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
In a little over a month, I’ll be heading out on the open road with my daughter Kait for a 2,600-mile cycling adventure. The only way to prepare for such an undertaking is to get out and bike, bike, bike–the best preparation for cycling is cycling. But it’s not...
by David Howell | Apr 9, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
I just watched one of my favorite films, Cast Away. I enjoy the middle portion of the film, when Tom Hanks’s character is alone on a desert island. Yes, he’s with Wilson– but the film, at this point, focuses on how he can survive in solitude. He doesn’t handle...
by David Howell | Mar 3, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
This winter, I taught a course in Current Affairs. As per the course description, it is designed to “encourage students to keep themselves informed about problems at the local, national, and international levels and to develop a critical attitude toward those...
by David Howell | Jan 31, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
The other morning, my wife was reading about the Women’s March on Washington. She wanted to share something she found on Facebook with me, so she tried using Messenger–unsuccessfully, since I deleted my Facebook account a couple of weeks ago. It was interesting to...
by David Howell | Jan 5, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
In November, John Oliver did a tribute to 2016. At the end of the video, he blows up a big “2016” display as a way of giving an end to what was last year. The clip left a bad taste in my mouth. It’s too easy to dismiss 2016, to tell it to “f***...
by David Howell | Sep 16, 2016 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
While driving through Portland to drop my son off at Lewis and Clark College, I stopped in for an interview about The Descent into Happiness at The Sprocket Podcast. You can listen to the interview here. The Sprocket Podcast is great in that they focus on...