Did you ever look around your cities and towns and wonder why so many folks look alike? In cities, often we see a preponderance of people of color and in suburbs and rural communities just the opposite. An accident, you wonder? Just the way things happened…birds of a feather? Not quite. In fact, finally, thanks …
https://www.conventionofstates.com/ This effort is described as a project of citizens for self governance. The rallying cry of those who want to use Article V of The Constitution as a tool to amend it is that the federal government has grown to big, too unwieldy and overly intrusive in our lives. This they say is …
Was the period of corporate loyalty to workers simply an aberration? In the modern era, generous salaries and benefits packages were most commonly doled out from the mid-1940’s into the early 1980’s. Through the prism of four corporate behemoths, Rick Wartzman, director of the KH Moon Center for a Functioning Society at the Drucker Institute, …
https://www.jimmywebb.com/ One of the joys of my broadcast career has been the opportunity to interview Jimmy Webb on more than one occasion. He is known for his power ballads which tells stories about people and places that are unforgettable. And for his remarkable collaboration with the late Glen Campbell, having written for him, ‘By the …
https://aztectwostep.com/ Rex Fowler, along with his duo mate, Neal Shulman, have spent a lifetime making music together as the folk/rock duo, Aztec Two-Step. After taking their name from a poem by beat poet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, they have written love song and songs of conscience. Rex Fowler reflects on the protest songs that have inspired him …
https://www.pavlinaosta.com/ They don’t buy napkins. They don’t play golf. They aren’t buying cars or homes. And they’re not even eating at Buffalo Wild Wings. So, how will this generation, which is like no other before it, continue to leave its imprint on our culture and business climate? Pavlina Jaine Osta is a millennial pop culture …
https://congressionaldish.com/ For generations the mainland U.S. has heaped insults and injury upon the people of Puerto Rico. It’s a history that few understand but has stripped the island of its resources and economic prosperity, while leaving its political status in question. Jen Briney, creator of the ‘Congressional Dish’ podcast, took at trip there recently to …
THIS PODCAST COULD HELP SAVE YOUR LIFE PLEASE GIVE A LISTEN Antiobiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health issues of our time. The golden age of penicillin and other antibiotics started in 1943 but is under tremendous assault today as new antibiotics are being approved at slower and slower rates just as …
Many states are facing their greatest budget battles since the Great Recession. Illinois wins the prize for the biggest basket case economically, but there are a slew of other states teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse and lowered bond ratings. Some 33 states report lower revenues than initially projected which is the highest number …
Want a tax break Corporation X or Y? Well, what have you done for the American economy lately to justify it? That’s the thinking of Chris Macke, an investment strategist for over twenty-five years with major corporations in this country. He’s starting Solutionomics, a non-partisan platform dedicated to persuading Congress of more innovative solutions for …