America and its allies in NATO have just applied the most onerous sanctions yet on Vladimir Putin, his fellow kleptocrats and the people of Russia. The question is how effective will they be? In many ways that depends on what the objective was in putting them in place. If it was to stop his …
Americans have been leaving their jobs in record numbers as the pandemic has rolled on. While this fact in and of itself is interesting, perhaps more intriguing is ‘why’. Our guest Kristin Schuchman, a certified business coach and author of the book ‘Jump Start: How to redirect a career that has stalled, lost …
For centuries, the downfall of one global empire has been followed by the rise of another. America was top dog when the Soviet Union fell apart, but our guest argues that is no longer its position. We are now in what he terms ‘The Enduring Disorder’. Yes, the institutions we established after World War …
Throughout our history, state and federal legislators have limited the scope of medical treatments available to us. In the spirit of our prized individualism, Americans have often opposed this and pursued their own therapies, which may fall outside the bounds of that which the medical establishment might prescribe. During the pandemic that demand …
Mourning in America might better describe the mood of the American people in early 2022 than what Ronald Reagan had in mind in the 1980’s. President Biden just held a summit on democracy trying to encourage those countries that still fly that banner to hang in there and that this form of government can …
How many people do you engage with every day? If you don’t count your ‘friends’ on Facebook, it’s likely to be a small number of real and direct human interactions. As a result most of us are not ‘socially integrated’. Having done a number of podcasts about the effects iof social isolation, in …
In its heyday, the Miss America pageant could attract nearly three quarters of those watching television at that time. It was considered the first reality show and had become the focal point of community life for many young girls entering competitions in places far and wide in hopes of having a chance to compete …
Is war the locomotive of history? While that is a hard question to answer we seem never to escape its grip, whether we are talking about minor skirmishes, infra-state disputes, ethnic purges and major cataclysms. And while the latter category has not touched the world in most of our lifetimes, it’s not hard to …
The days of having to find a bookie to make a bet are long over. Today, many states will oblige with a host of state lottery options, relationships with Native American casinos and legalized sports book in person and on-line. In addition to the range of choices, greater proximity and ability to gamble on …
America’s public lands encompass more than 600 million acres of forests, plains, mountains, wetlands, deserts and shorelines, comprising about thirty percent of the nation’s land mass. In a country built on the concept of private property rights it is remarkable that for the last century and half there has been so little …