Silicon Valley and the tech industry exude so much optimism it’s contagious. There is a desire to solve the planet’s most difficult problems and a belief they can do it. …
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Even though, according to Gallup, Americans worry about saving for retirement than any other single financial issue, their words and deeds are not matching up. According to research by Merrill …
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In a fascinating TED lecture delivered in October, 2009, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses what she calls “the danger of a single story.” She tells of her childhood reading …
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Tensions in Iraq could roll up on our shores and hit the US economy directly, even if we never fire a shot in the current conflict. While military experts analyze …
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The fuss about radio personality Casey Kasem’s death is probably astonishing to anyone under 40. In an age where local radio has become something programmed by a consultant thousands of …
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TALIBAN TAKES FLIGHT: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack at the country’s largest and busiest airport. This fans the flames of instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan, and again raises the …
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. Let’s imagine living in a country with free health care and education. A place where everyone has a job and there are no homeless …
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We’re about to commit a major crime — we’re going to call your attention to only four noted Hollywood character actors. Yet since Hollywood’s beginnings shortly after the turn of the …
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A lot has been made about the role of immigration in Eric Cantor’s defeat in reliably conservative VA-07, and there’s no denying that was a factor. Yet immigration may only …
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You’ll read today about how House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his Republican primary election. The Christian Science Monitor is calling it one of the most shocking upsets in American …