Politics

A conversation with President Donald J. Trump. Cool. Well, it’s sort of a conversation. With the President of the United States. Cool. I will daily be posting the previous day’s Trump Tweets with commentary, response, speculation, and truthiness (and fact-checking when appropriate). For me it’s therapy (much needed!) For you, an …

“Some men see the world as it is and ask why; others see the world as it might be and ask why not.” June 6, 1968. The memory is still vivid. I am standing in the incongruously sunny kitchen of my parents’ house getting ready for school. The radio was …

'PAIN AWAITS' by S. B. Shine offers some tough love solutions for what ails America today.

From global diversity and inclusion expert Howard Ross comes a new book, 'Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect Is Tearing Us Apart.' It's a fascinating look at how how our human need to belong is creating a new kind of tribalism, and dividing us more than ever.

The SXSW Conference includes much more than music and movies. Its Convergence Festival includes government. At SXSW 2018 Authoritarian Playbook session, three highly experienced speakers discussed the common indicators that suggest a country is moving toward authoritarianism.

There’s lots of talk about the importance of getting out the vote. Yet there seems to be little discussion of existing models that could make that happen. Many countries have almost complete voter turnout at elections. Bolivia is one such country. I’m a permanent resident of Bolivia and have seen …

The Olympic games offer a unique opportunity for humanity to dare to hope that we could all operate like this more frequently than for two weeks every four years.

Readers can acquire much-needed skills of observation and the acumen of analysis from 'The Smear' by Sheryl Attkisson.

I live in a wasteland. Nothing but wasteland surrounds me. Civilization is its middle name, Progress, its vanguard. Supermarket culture shoved down our throats By hucksters of no particular persuasion, Walmart its proud flagship Where cheaper is better and bigger is quality. Bigger cars, bigger houses, bigger fries, Big Mac. …

The glittering displays, eye-popping in their holiday finery of brilliant and colorful lights, emblemize the best of being a New Yorker.