There are a lot of serious subjects today , so I have chosen to start off with some lighter fare.  First, an article from the New York Times on Sunday, that is so ridiculous, it should have been a front page story in the Onion. The Gallup Organization conducted a survey in cities and states across the country, to measure how happy people were.  They found people were happier in San Francisco than Detroit, and unhappiest of all in West Virginia and Kentucky.  Detroit fans may ask if the survey was conducted before the Lions ended the season with 4 straight wins, and Eminem brought the pride  back with his 2 minute, $12 million super bowl ad for the new "luxury" Chrysler 200.  In any case, after all the surveys were completed, the Gallup organization came up with a profile of  the characteristics of the happiest person- older, male, in business for himself, solid income, living in Hawaii, Orthodox Jewish, and Asian American.  The...(Read Full Post)