https://www.amazon.com/Theft-Decade-Boomers-Millennials-Economic/dp/1541742362 There may not be a clash of generations with the newly adult Millennial’s squaring off against their baby boomer parents, but when(and if)they wake up to many decisions that the older set has made, there will be some ‘esplaining to do’. By all accounts, Millennials’ must contend with the harsh reality of a tough …
https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Liberty-Americas-Struggle-Religious/dp/0062743147 Religious freedom. Separation of church and state. Constitutional protections to practice your faith as you wish. We take these precepts for granted, even as we still debate the founder’s intent in 21st century America. Yet those notions were radically different from what was practiced around the globe at the time these practices were memorialized …
http://www.uconnruddcenter.org/ : National rates of obesity in American youth and adults remain high and yet many societal messages tell us that you should be ashamed of being larger than certain standards suggest. Studies bear out that this form of discrimination hinders many people’s chances in this society and can result in …
https://www.amazon.com/White-House-Warriors-National-Transformed/dp/1631494562 They are located on the third floor of the Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Having grown over the years from about a dozen people to hundreds today, when they were first empowered by President Harry Truman to take over a major role in developing foreign policy , the National Security Council(NSC) has its …
https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/spp/sociology/brett-c-burkhardt Private prisons have been a controversial topic over the recent years, but some thought that they had been all but set aside as an option for incarceration at the end of the Obama Administration. However, the Trump Administration didn’t feel as unkindly toward them and the talk of their demise has been exaggerated. It’s …
https://www.amazon.com/Connecting-Generations-Bridging-Boomer-Millennial/dp/1538112167 Being on this earth at this time represents a unique opportunity–and a special challenge. As you’ll learn in this podcast, it’s the first time in history that six generations have shared the planet. And while we talk about many divides and schisms–race, ethnicity, gender orientation–what has happened to the generation gap? …
https://www.amazon.com/No-Visible-Bruises-Domestic-Violence/dp/1635570972 The title of this episode is one of the most misunderstood aspects of intimate partner violence which runs rampant in our society and virtually every other. The World Health Organization deems it a ‘global epidemic’, fueled in our society by guns in the home and many reasons to keep it locked in silence. The …
https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Fix-Fight-Courts-Elections-ebook/dp/B07G3J5G9R Even if Democrats often seem to drive the policy agenda forward in American politics, the Republicans long game strategy of chipping away at those gains has been remarkably(or appallingly)successful, depending upon how you look at it. How do they do it? Caroline Fredrickson, author of ‘The Democracy Fix’ explains, in detail, the conservative strategy …
http://laanimalsave.org/ Have you seen anyone wearing a mink stole lately? What was once so fashionable is now considered cruel and uncivil. Will eating the meat of an animal fall into this category twenty to 30 years from now? I wouldn’t bet against it. Perhaps we move in this direction because of the impact of meat …
https://www.aei.org/scholar/pia-m-orrenius/ If the fog of political misdirection could ever clear, perhaps we could have an adult conversation about the true goings on on our southern border. Unlikely. Except in this podcast, scholar Pia Orrenius, of the more conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, clearly explains that our greatest imperative going forward is to ensure …