https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Halliwell/e/B001HOF1XE%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Despite major advances in medical science and epidemiology over the last century, the United States has not significantly improved its ability to predict and handle public health emergencies. With our fractured system of local, state and federal responsibilities our historic approach to responding to health crises has been uneven. Its a continuing theme in …
https://www.stevenmintzethics.com/about-steve You hear the terms ‘cancel culture’ and ‘wokeism’ bandied about these days as if people even understand what they mean. If we’re honest our political divide, now of legendary proportions, results in each side not listening to the other. Yet the terms cancel and woke, derisive in tone, have been appropriated by the right …
https://www.gideonspromise.org/gideons-promise-book/ There is growing immediacy to issues surrounding criminal justice in America. The focus is often on police violence, mass incarceration, and inequities in how justice is meted out depending on the color of the skin of the perpetrator or the victim. Yet one element of this system that has gotten little attention is the …
https://oxbowadvisors.com/category/market-notes/ While the economy is showing signs of life as restrictions have been lifted on businesses and the pump has been primed by the federal government throughout the pandemic, there are concerning signs that inflation may eat away at some of the gains we are seeing. The question is whether this will be a short …
https://maddydychtwald.com/ The many generations that are growing old in today’s America are as different from one another as they are from the millennials and Gen X’ers. There is no way to look at the experiences of those in their 60’s and equate them to the fastest growing population in the country, those 85 plus. Yet, …
https://www.amazon.com/John-B.-Judis/e/B001HCY4VQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share A clash of competing political movements in America result in leaders presiding over a fractured and dispirited electorate and a troubled political economy. And while President Joe Biden has attempted to restore the political order to something reminiscent of more conventional times, his success or failure could usher in a new wave of strident …
http://www.minnastern.com/ The answer to the question posed in our title of this episode is an emphatic ‘no’. Regrettably, the practice of eugenics has occurred in the United States, more specifically in California, through the 1970’s. And it has occurred in many other countries. You could look it up or just listen to our podcast, featuring …
https://www.chrisbail.net/ In this moment of increasing social isolation, social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, are some of the key tools we have to communicate and understand one another. While many consider these platforms to be a mirror to define our place in society, our guest tells us they function more like a prism that …
https://www.jennieromer.com/ Americans aren’t particularly good at recycling. We have no federal policy related to it and plastics manufacturers, for instance, fight the process in Congress where the effort really needs to begin. ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ was a mantra from back in the 1970’s which is still applicable today. And as our guest reminds us if …
https://www.larryolmsted.com/ Are you a sports fan who has been told that you’re wasting your time watching your favorite team night in and night out? Recent studies suggest that this devotion may pay off in making you happier and healthier than those who have no interest. With the onset of fantasy sports, not a single team …