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henrymakow.com – June 28, 2019

aim-lower.jpg They say, “you get what you give.” Sometimes, I am content to get less. Measured against my lack of effort, it seems like more. So much for my career as a motivational speaker. 
I was reminded of this article by the recent collision of two tourist float planes in Alaska killing six and the tragic death Wednesday of a young woman attacked by sharks in the Bahamas.
(HUMOR ALERT. I’M WALKING A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN BEING MILDLY SATIRICAL WITHOUT BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE DEAD. WHILE THIS IS TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, IT DOES RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF A KIND OF MINIMALISM THAT IS NOT ECONOMIC BUT EMOTIONAL.) 

“Active Lifestyle” — Dangerous for Your Health  (Sept. 26, 2012) 

by Henry Makow, PhD. 

Almost to a man, medical doctors advocate an active lifestyle. However,  every week I notice that this advice can lead to premature death.
Outdoor types do not live as long as homebodies who stick close to their computers, tvs and fridges.
I mean no disrespect to the victims of the “active lifestyle”. I think their foreshortened lives are a terrible waste. Why do people take unnecessary risks?
Shriya Shaw-Klorfine ,33,  left, was a Canadian of Nepalese origin who decided she had to climb Mount Everest.

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