The term feminist has been maligned by both the right and the left, for different reasons, even though the concept of equality for women is a generally accepted principle and one that many women, no matter their politics, fought to insure. The ideas of feminism were first articulated by women personally involved in the …
The pandemic was an economic catastrophe the likes of which CEO’s running America’s biggest companies had never seen or prepared for. There was no playbook and the shock was even greater given the fact that it seemed that the good times would roll on unimpeded as cheap money(zero percent interest rates)sparked tremendous growth. But as …
We have addressed the issue of the overreach of our current make-up of the US Supreme Court, but not in a way as comprehensive as the deep dive we take in this podcast. We look at the history of overreach on the Court(hint: this isn’t the first time)and we explore the far-reaching implications of what …
That’s right. The long held practice of degree inflation is coming to an end in America. With three state governments–Maryland, Utah and Pennsylvania–declaring that experience, military service, technical preparation and apprenticeships will count more than having a bachelor’s degree for many positions in government, this movement of busting through the paper ceiling is real. And …
Healthcare is the number one cause of bankruptcy in America. Nearly 30 million Americans have no insurance and those who do face staggering increases each year. We all interact with the healthcare system and to a person I do not come across anyone who thinks it’s a good model. And while we might have …
While the belief is that all young people are in lockstep with liberal ideas, many flirting with socialism, the truth is that the enthusiasm of young people on the right is better financed and has some charismatic leaders who are working diligently to get those ideas to their age cohort who feel marginalized by the …
Our guest has been warning America for decades that our government has become unaccountable tied up in overlapping jurisdictions and strangled by reams of rule books and regulation. The ability to make decisions based on common sense and human innovation has been neutered. In his new book, “Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee …
Imagine getting a check for $1,000 from this point on, on the first day of every month, deposited directly into your bank account. What would that do to give you peace of mind that there’s an income floor under you? Andrew Yang made this concept a basic tenet of his 2020 presidential run …
Faced with mounting Medicaid costs, powerful public employee unions and often underfunded pension and medical obligations, state and local governments can present fiscal dilemmas that, at times and as a last resort, the federal government gets dragged into. It is hard to overstate the importance of making certain that the 50 states and Puerto …
Enron. Theranos. Purdue Pharma. Harvey Weinstein. The Nazis. Awful behavior abounds. The question is what do we do when we see it? Do we become a whistleblower or an enabler? Max Bazerman, a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a behavorial ethicist, has written a new book entitled, “Complicit: How We …