https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ltu-cas012419.php As our society has gotten angrier and more frustrated, our music has reflected that as the soundtrack of our discontent. Researchers have analyzed lyrics in best selling songs from the 1950’s to 2016 and found that expressions of anger and sadness have increased, while words about joy have dropped. The study analyzed the lyrics …
https://www.thejurycrisis.com/ The concept of a jury of our peers is one of the most sacrosanct in our American system of justice. Yet, it’s astonishing how few trials ever get to a jury in the first place. And when they do, you may be rocked by what you learn about the process of deliberation in the …
https://www.amazon.com/Retail-Therapy-Industry-Broken-What/dp/1472965108 The decline in brick and mortar retail stores is a real trend that threatens a lot in the way of jobs which are dependent upon this sector, but also the great memories of what a joy we experienced getting to know shopkeepers in our downtown’s, for example,who influenced our thinking about fashion, books, music …
https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Canyon-Sale-Private-Interests/dp/0520291476 One third of all the land in America is public. Protected? Well, that’s another question altogether. In his book, ‘Grand Canyon For Sale’, Stephen Nash makes a compelling case that it is less so than we might suspect or want. As his fulsome description of the beauty, majesty and awe inspiring sweep of this …
https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-History-United-States/dp/0393088669 You do get the feeling that America’s coming apart, don’t you? In political terms, we either talk past each other or, in this period, don’t talk to each other at all. So, how did we get here and is there any way to repair the divide? Julian Zelizer, our guest on this podcast and …
https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Branch-Supreme-Constitution/dp/1524759902 Can you imagine telling many of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court that you were interviewing them for a book that was focused on their overreach on many issues that should be resolved by the people’s representatives and not these unelected, lifetime appointees? David Kaplan, author of ‘The Most Dangerous Branch’, did …
https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Paycheck-Management-Employee-Performance/dp/0062800922 Is your job making you sick? There seems to be an epidemic of bad practices in the modern American workplace that, quite literally, may be killing people. And don’t think you have to be a coal miner or work on an oil rig in the middle of the Atlantic to find those conditions. Through …
https://www.rstreet.org/team/joel-nitzkin/ While smoking is at an all time low in America, many are concerned that nicotine addiction through vaping and e-cigarettes may provide a gateway for a new generation of puffers. Dr. Joel Nitzkin is a strong advocate for tobacco harm reduction and a Senior Fellow for tobacco policy at the R Street Institute and …
https://www.amazon.com/Gutenberg-Google-History-Our-Future/dp/0815735324 We hear it all the time. The disruption of this digital age is the greatest in history. And, perhaps, we take comfort in knowing that the obstacles we face are not of our own making. Tom Wheeler, of the Brookings Institution, and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, argues through the lens of …
https://www.amazon.com/White-Working-Class-Overcoming-Cluelessness/dp/1633693783 Americans may have thought that we discarded a class system when we threw a tea party in Boston many years back. If we did, Joan Williams is here to report–it’s back. And much of it revolves around the fact that our self image as a country with a large and growing middle class, with …