It’s in your food supply. It affects your health. The Fed Chairman does it. Robin Hood did it. Dying people must deal with it. The 1% get their share but so do single Moms. You can find it in merit scholarships. It was behind the Cold War. It pits the old against the young and [...]
Whether it is the Middle East or an American election, there is a natural tension between political and economic change. In Egypt, for example, political change has caused an old regime to be ousted while the new government is just trying to form and develop. This change though, while political, has yet to address how [...]
There is a collective energy that flows in our global world. Think about how many of us are reflecting on the impact of the killing of Osama Bin Laden (OBL). Ironically, this came just briefly after many of us, although a smaller majority, had watched the pomp and circumstance of the Royal Wedding. To some, [...]
Re-imagining Money as a Fair Tender There is a quote by William Faulkner that “History isn’t dead; it’s not even past.” There is a lot of talk that with the U.S. national debt where it is, this unsustainable level will bring the U.S. and its currency down. In this context, I would like to rework [...]
The On-Off Exercise I tried to off myself once. It was a year of transition for my family. I had lived my whole life on the Westside of Los Angeles but my parents had decided to move over the hill to the San Fernando Valley. They settled on an apartment where I had to share [...]
The holidays are upon us. Are they weighing as heavily on your shoulders as they are on mine? On the one hand it’s supposed to be a time for family and friends to congregate and make merry. On the other, it is a time to give a “gift” back to our economy by spending money. [...]