{"id":8275,"date":"2013-12-16T16:32:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T16:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/16\/a-formula-for-happiness\/"},"modified":"2013-12-16T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T16:32:46","slug":"a-formula-for-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/16\/a-formula-for-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Formula for Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/15\/opinion\/sunday\/a-formula-for-happiness.html?pagewanted=1&amp;ref=opinion&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_self\">Excerpt<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">For many years, researchers found that women were happier than men, although recent studies contend that the gap has narrowed or may even have been reversed. Political junkies might be interested to learn that conservative women are particularly blissful: about 40 percent say they are very happy. 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