https://www.brookings.edu/book/divided-politics-divided-nation/ This episode, along with the next we will post, examine how hard it is to go home when the politics of the times are as rancorous as they are. Given the transient American culture, many of one generation leave home both physically and culturally. Returning to that place can be unsettling and dissonant, as …
https://www.hoover.org/profiles/eric-hanushek Let that headline sink in for just a moment. Differences in the performance on math, reading and science tests between disadvantaged and advantaged U.S. students have remained essentially unchanged for nearly half a century. And in that time period, we established a federal Department of Education, saw funding changes meant to address the problem …
https://www.amazon.com/Downhill-Here-Retirement-Insecurity-Inequality/dp/1250119464 Just as millions of baby boomers are reaching their golden years, the state of retirement for many in America is something of a disaster. The pension process has collapsed, union protections for most in the private sector have evaporated, the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation, set up to protect benefits hard earned, is itself in …
History has given us a guide to removing unpopular, unable or unfit chief executives. And, despite all the chatter about impeachment, it’s only one method. And come to think of it, it’s never been successfully carried out to its final conclusion–that being a conviction in the U.S. Senate and removal of the sitting President from …
https://www.amazon.com/No-One-Wheel-Driverless-Future/dp/1610398653 Imagine a day when you will be outlawed from driving. According to Samuel Schwartz, also known as ‘Gridlock Sam’, when he was New York City’s Traffic Commissioner, it would be for your own good. The carnage we have left on the roads as drivers is startling when you compare it to world wars and …
https://www.supersystemic.ly/ “Dear Machine” writes Greg Kieser, author of the book of the same name and founder of Supersystemic.ly, ‘we know you’re coming so can we just get along’. These super aware/intelligent machines(SAIMs) may seem like science fiction but as they get closer to reality the question is how will humans respond when, or if, we …
http://www.aei.org/publication/5g-wireless-when-it-makes-sense-to-regulate/ It’s on its way. The fifth generation of wireless technology, called 5G, promises to grow the world’s economic output, add millions of new jobs and create breakthroughs in driver less cars, smart homes and even remote surgery sure to change our lives in ways we cannot yet fully imagine. Can you fathom speeds that …
https://www.amazon.com/Next-American-City-Promise-Midsize/dp/039957509X It seems as if midsize cities in America are having their moment. While the nation’s largest metro areas lost residents to smaller ones for the first time since the Great Recession, the new middle is thriving. And this according to Mick Cornett, the four term mayor of Oklahoma City, who has presided over a …
http://uconnruddcenter.org/faculty-and-staff-jennifer-harris Black and Hispanic children see TV ads for sugary drinks, unhealthy snacks, and fast foods far more than anything else and it’s no accident. They are targeted by the food companies that know the addictive qualities of their ‘food products’. According to the latest study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity …
http://www.aei.org/press/birth-rates-are-declining-in-america-and-a-major-recovery-seems-unlikely/ Americans are having fewer and fewer babies. In fact, we are not having enough babies simply to replace ourselves. The total fertility rate has been declining for seven years and last year represented the biggest drop in recent history. There are so many factors involved–cultural and economic–and we explore them in this podcast. Perhaps, …