Ninety seven year old, Robert Jay Lifton, a chronicler of the pain, suffering and anguish of of the catastrophes of the 20th and 21st centuries–Nazi horrors, Hiroshima devastation, and the recent pandemic from Covid-19–as a ‘witnessing writer’ with a perception born of years of study as a pioneer in the field of psycho history, continues …
Artificial intelligence(AI) took on a decidely greater importance with the commercial application of ChatGPT about a year ago. And though this is not the Stone Age of AI, its development is in its early stages and we’re all wondering what form and impact it will have on our work lives and human interactions altogether. …
According to one of the great practitioners of the art of political persuasion and campaign direction, it just may be. And our greatest danger may be our inability or willingness to recognize what’s happening, before it’s too late. Donald Trump has made clear his intent to take the powers of the presidency to a whole …
America, it is said, was a country born with a rifle in its hand, but none so devastating as the recent history of the AR-15. Call it a semi-automatic that can be converted into an automatic or select-fire weapon it was built to try to bring death and destruction to the forces of Communism. Today …
How could it be anything but? More people around the globe are being lifted out of poverty than ever before. In fact, half of the world’s population can count themselves in that number and the pace of that growth on a global scale is faster than ever in human history. As we reach the 5 …
There are visionary leaders who want to create transformational change, but they may not have the skill set, strategy or fortune of good timing to affect the result they are looking for. It takes a number of factors, in combination, to take a vision and see it through to completion. We have seen lots of …
Out of a growing concern for skyrocketing levels of mental health issues,violence, behavior and learning disorders in American children, an activist group, Moms Across America, commissioned testing on 21 of the country’s most popular fast food brands. All 21 were tested for the most widely used herbicide in the world, glyphosate, 230 agrochemicals, 160 heavy …
Football’s violence and its impact on the brain get most of the attention these days. Even if little is done to control the impacts, there are stories detailing the interrupted, or destroyed, lives of players resulting from near head on collisions every game. Yet, every summer, like clockwork, several American boys die on football fields …
The one thing we all have in common is that we have to manage money throughout our lifetimes. And yet there is so little financial literacy taught in our schools. There are certain sound principles that you will read and hear time and again. In his new book, J. Ted Oakley, the founder of …
Disruption is the name of the game in so many corners of our economy including music, video entertainment, and other communications sectors, and our guest argues in this podcast that higher education is not, and cannot, be immune from it. It is too expensive, too exclusionary and a key reason for yawning gaps in income …