https://www.stthomas.edu/law/facultystaff/a-z-index/mark-osler.html In the finals days of the Trump Administration, the President attended primarily to one piece of business, the handing out of pardons. We were told that Donald Trump liked this power because it was virtually absolute. Others felt he he used it to keep authorities away from his front door when he became Citizen …
https://www.amazon.com/White-Market-Drugs-History-Addiction/dp/022673188X What is the difference between pharmaceuticals and drugs? Often it’s the type of person selling one or the other and the type of person consuming the product. Patients who have become addicted to that which their doctor has prescribed generally have been viewed as innocent victims, while those who develop a similar habit outside …
http://www.suketumehta.com/ America tells itself a lot of stories about its ethos that turn out to be misleading, or worse yet false, when put to true historical scrutiny. Waves of immigrants have made their way here thinking that their lot would be so much better when they reach our shores, only to find many roadblocks …
https://shaylynromneygarrett.com/ Here’s some history to draw you into this podcast. America was at the heights of solidarity and common purposes for over half a century beginning in the early 1900’s through the 1960’s and then we began to split apart as a society, as we had in the late 19th century. America’s past was divided …
https://www.rollingstone.com/author/wade-davis/ While the Trump era is over, there looms a great question as to whether America is in any position to resume a leadership role in the world. As past plagues and pandemics have revealed, the weaknesses of empires often is recognized well after their influence has peaked. Wade Davis, an anthropologist from the University …
https://www.amazon.com/We-Possibility-Harnessing-Entrepreneurship-Problems/dp/1633699196 On the heels of the pandemic, we see that government has issues responding to a major, largely unseen, crisis. As trust in public institutions crumbles, the question is whether we can restore faith in our system by bold actions that jolt the public into a new belief in what’s possible. It’s a big job. …
https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Megaregion-Meeting-Urban-Challenges/dp/1642830437 As the US population grows-potentially by over 110 million people by 2050-cities and suburbs will continue expanding, meeting the suburbs of neighboring cities and forming continuous urban megaregions. The United States now has at least a dozen such megaregions, including one extending from Richmond, Virginia to Portland, Maine and another running from Santa Barbara, …
https://www.amazon.com/Retrofitting-Case-Studies-Ellen-Dunham-Jones/dp/1119149177 More Americans live in suburban settings than any other. Suburbs are not a monolith. Depending on factors like proximity to an urban center, they take on various forms. Sprawl is often noted as one of the worst aspects of suburban growth. As we continue to build more highways to satisfy the desire for many …
https://www.amazon.com/Abby-Schneiderman/e/B08KQM2WFP%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Our podcast is about looking down the road a bit. If we’re all honest with ourselves, we know how our personal story ends. The truth is few of us want to plan for it in the way we do for the arrival of our first child, purchasing our first home or our retirement. And …
https://royrichardgrinker.com/ ‘People are nuts’. That was a maxim of my dear mother. She was the kindest, most loving person I know. She meant no ill will by that designation. In fact, there was wisdom in it. In his new book, ‘Nobody’s Normal’, Roy Richard Grinker, a professor of anthropology at George Washington University, reveals the …