Watercooler – Being Rich Doesn’t Make You Happier

By: Monday September 6, 2010 7:00 pm

People’s emotional well-being — happiness — increases along with their income up to about $75,000, researchers report in Tuesday’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Watercooler – Shopping on Sunday Decreases Happiness

By: Saturday September 4, 2010 7:00 pm

A new study suggests that women who shop on Sunday instead of going to church are less happy,

This Will Make You Happy!

By: Sunday June 20, 2010 10:03 am

This is a video done by Colin Rich.

Seminal Watercooler – Republicans Are Happier Than Democrats

By: Tuesday December 22, 2009 7:00 pm

According to a study released by The University of Warwick and Hamilton College, Republicans seem to be much happier than Democrats. The research was based on self-evaluations given by a random sample of 1.3 million Americans. Broken down into categories of red state and blue state (based on the 2008 presidential election), the results are quite striking.     * 7 [...]

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