https://www.wildhood.com/ Coming of age can be a trying time both for those going through it and those trying to help adolescents make the journey into adulthood as safe and satisfying as possible. In the animal kingdom, it turns out, there are many commonalities among species in that regard. In the book ‘Wildhood’, Dr. Barbara …
http://www.marcedelman.com/ In recent years, the calls for the National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) to relax its rules prohibiting athlete pay have grown louder and louder. The argument is that student-athletes should share in revenues of college sports because they are a ‘product’ that so many others, like coaches, television networks and advertisers, are benefiting from …
https://www.christenseninstitute.org/books/the-prosperity-paradox-how-innovation-can-lift-nations-out-of-poverty/ Starving children on street corners, Slums without adequate clean water and sanitation. A sense of hopelessness in the air that is almost palpable. We, Americans, are moved by these scenes and should be. The question is whether traditional anti-poverty programs and foreign aid can really ameliorate these conditions over the long term. Or whether …
https://www.buckinstitute.org/lab/campisi-lab/ The answer is no. At least, given the real science of anti-aging as it exists today. The true goal of real scientists is to improve the health span, not necessarily the life span. Now, mind you, there is a great deal of work going on in labs throughout the world on the subject and …
https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Appetites-Stories-Women-Obsession/dp/1501188887 The statistics tell us that men more often than not are both the perpetrators and victims of violent assault and murder. Yet if you look at the audience for the growing number of media outlets devoted to it, women are obsessed with it. Movies, TV shows and networks, books and podcasts may have trouble …
https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Dollar-Fantasy-High-Stakes-DraftKings-ebook/dp/B07LC9CCH3 Like two superheros, the back story behind the start up war of FanDuel and DraftKings is fantastical and the characters larger than life. Perhaps more compelling is the explosion they set off in fantasy sports and legalized gambling in America. We have just begun to feel the ripples as state after state is getting …
https://www.politico.com/staff/timothy-noah : ‘Our leaders, our electorate and our hallowed system of government itself are extremely old’, so begins a compelling article by Timothy Noah on politico.com. And while age can be a virtue, when accompanied by wisdom and experience, it can also define the issues and interests a society chooses to be most concerned about. …
https://www.amazon.com/Priced-Out-Economic-Ethical-American/dp/0691192170 America’s patchwork for payment of medical expenses has ostensibly left the poorest and sickest among us vulnerable in ways unlike virtually any other advanced nation in the world. To call the whole system a mess is an understatement. That’s why it continues to get so much bandwidth in our political debate. And while the …
https://www.amazon.com/United-States-Distraction-Manipulation-Post-Truth/dp/0872867676 Sure there are blogs, podcasts and citizen journalists, and even public television and radio. But, the vast majority of citizens get their information from a dwindling number of outlets that aren’t under the control of six major corporations in this country. While the role of the media in our society is to investigate, inform …
https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Care-Education-Husband-Doctor/dp/0525559329 : Renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Arthur Kleinman, learned a lot about caregiving when his wife, Joan, suffered early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. It made him re-assess much about his own professional approach to patients and that of the medical community, in general. In his book, ‘The Soul of Care’, he looks at why care is so central …