When you consider the fact that America ranks 31st among 34 developed nations in voter turnout, you realize that many reforms are needed in our electoral system. We disenfranchise people in many ways–making registration difficult, gerrymandering districts so that people don’t think voting matters, limiting voting to a weekday in many states and not offering …
Leading politicians in both parties, including the President, rockers who still fill stadiums and cultural icons in business, technology and the arts are at a stage of life we are hard pressed to describe. Are they senior citizens or perennials? We have a hard time defining this generation in the process of aging because they …
Over the last 40 years, China has changed beyond recognition, becoming a world power following economic reforms made by Deng Xiaoping and others. President Xi Jinping, perhaps the most powerful leader in China since Mao Tse Tung, has inherited this more prosperous, and complex, economy. Yet, George Magnus, of the China Centre at Oxford University, …
We’ve all held fast to the notion that in America there exists ‘one man, one vote’, thus we are all equal in our system of representation. Yet, when you really think about it, the voices of those who invest money, time and energy in the political conversation often count for more than someone whose civic …
At the end of the Cold War, America stood alone in the world as the supreme economic and military force. We were finally a unipolar giant with decent relations with present adversaries, like Russia and China. What went wrong? Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs, at Harvard University and author of ‘The Hell of …
Years back, Ivan Eland wrote a book with this title. He traced this country’s steady expansion of its military footprint all over the world and the dangers inherent in this trend. We decided to catch up with him several years later to determine if this military intervention, on the whole, has been positive for America …
As an addendum to the conversation with Mark about the skills gap EP199, Peter Murphy of the Invest in Education Coalition, talks about one approach to closing it: the USA Workforce Tax Credit. http://investineducation.org/about-the-coalition/
If they are led to believe that there is no other path to a successful future than a four year, liberal arts degree then the answer is no, according to Mark Perna, CEO of TFS Results and author the book, ‘Answering Why’. He’s very concerned that while there are six million open jobs in America …
That’s what Bruce Nagy, author of ‘The Clean Energy Age’ reminds us. So, while we wait for policymakers and businesses to do their part to avoid calamity, he reminds us that there is much we can do. In his concise and neatly constructed guide, he tells us that there are concrete steps we can take–action …
Have you had reason to visit an urgent care center for a medical service such as the flu, asthma or a sprain? You’re certainly not alone It seems that they are popping up on every main street and retail cluster. We’re talking about an urgent care center. We wanted to find out why this phenomenon …