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 …
https://www.amazon.com/Heartland-Memoir-Working-Richest-Country/dp/1501133098 You can work very hard in America, yet still be broke. And you can be white in America and still be poor. As our guest points out in her searing memoir, ‘Heartland’, ‘poor whiteness is a peculiar offense in that society imbues whiteness with power-not by just making it the racial norm next to …
https://www.amazon.com/Choosing-College-Learning-Decisions-Throughout/dp/1119570115 Given the cost and what’s at stake in choosing a college, perhaps, we are asking the wrong questions when we set about the process. Oh, there are a slew of books, rankings and resources which announce themselves as being definitive guides to making that choice. But, are they? Using the ‘jobs to be done’ …
https://www.amazon.com/Adjunct-Underclass-Americas-Colleges-Betrayed/dp/022649666X : Over the past few decades, the job of college professor has been completed transformed. And, according to Herb Childress, for the worse. He’s the author of ‘The Adjunct Underclass’ and questions whether we can really value higher education when we treat educators like desperate day laborers. In order to underpin the notion of …
At one time in the not too distant past, the drinking age in America was 18 with the logic being that if young men, at the time, could be conscripted to fight at that age in the jungles of Vietnam, they should be able to drink at home. Then, in 1984, Congress raised the age …
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Site-CIA-Post-9-World/dp/1631491970 Phil Mudd, who you see often as an analyst on CNN, was the former deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center so he has firsthand knowledge of the vast changes in strategy and tactics that took place at the CIA in the wake of the 9-11 attacks on our nation. He understands how …
https://www.amazon.com/American-Predator-Meticulous-Serial-Century-ebook/dp/B07L2GMT7J In the podcast realm, true crime is by far the most listened to genre. Our focus on it is simply because it’s part of such a growing, and disturbing, trend in our society. Following on to our most recent post about the FBI profiles of active shooters in America, we turn our attention to …