https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Bryant-Park-Revitalizing-Cities/dp/1978802439 Many of us can remember when downtown was the bustling hub of activity in our communities. As the song of the same name suggested ‘you could forget all your troubles, forget all your cares’. However, as highways cut through central business districts and people began to use their cars to shops at malls on …
http://www.danrayburn.com/ Have you been binge watching like so many in our society in this stay at home moment? Do you have a favorite service or did you sign up for free trials? And do you churn, by that we mean stay with a service for several months, drop it and return when there’s something that …
https://www.amazon.com/That-Will-Never-Work-Netflix/dp/0316530204 To imagine that what started out as a spitballing exercise on California’s Highway 17 by two newly acquainted business associates could be turned into a media giant eclipsing the size of The Walt Disney Company in the span of a few decades is almost as fantastical as Disney’s creative works. And yet, it happened. …
https://www.amazon.com/Green-New-Deal-Beyond-Emergency-ebook/dp/B081K94DKG Most climate scientists say we have dragged our feet too long on addressing the harms that are, and will be, caused by climate change. Yet, for many, forest wildfires, powerful hurricanes and two 100 years storms in the space of five years, is not evidence enough to convince them that its effects are potentially …
https://www.amazon.com/Overload-Good-Jobs-Went-about/dp/0691179174 Today’s ways of working are not working–even for professionals in ‘good’ jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets, companies are asking employees to do more with less, even as new technologies normalize 24/7 expectations. In their book ‘Overload’, Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen document, with a study in the IT department …
https://www.jennifersteinhauer.com/ They came with their sleeves rolled up, ready to make some noise in numbers unimagined in the past. We’re talking about the new women members of Congress making up a group that author, Jennifer Steinhauer, calls ‘The Firsts’. This history-making class includes the youngest woman ever to serve; the first two Muslim women; the …
https://www.amazon.com/Conviction-Machine-Standing-Federal-Prosecutorial/dp/1594038031 According to our guest, Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor and her co-author, attorney Harvey A. Silverglate, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. In their book ‘Conviction Machine’, they focus on the federal courts, but Ms. Powell makes it clear that there is abuse rampant on all levels as proprietorial overreach is rampant everywhere. …
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Mud-Lick-Companies-Delivered/dp/1982105313 Just as New York City has been the epicenter of the coronavirus scourge, West Virginia and to be more precise, the little town of Kermit, in many ways, has been the epicenter of the opioid crisis. We can’t forget that this has been the primary public health concern in the United States prior to …
https://www.amazon.com/State-Play-School-Guide-Baseball/dp/1635766591 Today’s Major League Baseball lives and dies by its ‘new school’ numbers. Over the last few decades, newly established statistics and on-field measurable have become so influential that they have infiltrated front offices, baseball operations departments, player development and scouting and have significantly changed the game’s landscape. These measures now rely less and less …
Dr. Stanley Plotkin developed the rubella vaccine for what was commonly called the German measles at the Wistar Institute back in the 1960’s. It helped to eradicate the disease in the United States and has become the R in what is known as the MMR vaccine. He also worked on vaccines for anthrax, polio, rabies …