Philosophy

Let the planting begin (Rapid City Journal)

16 May 2008

Using a philosophy similar to farming, a city greenhouse specialist has created more than 200 different designs for the 250 flower beds in a dozen different parks in Rapid City. Tim Forster and his garden staff of Nancy Wold, Jason Solano and Cheryl Greytak have been preparing for this stage of the summer’s growing season since January. Now all that’s left is the planting.

Opinions: 'Nat'-ural Philosophy: In defense of unpunctuality (Stanford Daily)

16 May 2008

Punctuality — buzzword of businessmen and army lieutenants alike. It is the defining feature of the stereotypical German, the mark of the prototypical train conductor and the curse of the typical Stanford student.

Dairy farmers pamper cows to boost milk output (San Francisco Chronicle)

16 May 2008

When it comes to comfort, Kirk Christie's cows have it all _ a new barn, a flat-screen television and waterbeds. That's because of the dairy farmer's philosophy that a happy cow is a productive cow. More milk means more money, so Christie doesn't mind...