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Spy vs. Spy...Then and Now
Listening to our political discourse today, vis a vis Russia, it brings back powerful reminders of the Cold War. A time when spies and covert action …
9 years, 4 months ago
What We Can Learn from War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
In these troubled and uncertain times, it seems that the only thing we can take comfort from is history. Civilizations, empires and nations come and …
9 years, 4 months ago
Understanding The Forces That Are Shaping the World
Just as the existential question of why individuals succeed and fail, vexes every aspect of both public policy and personal debate, so to with nation…
9 years, 4 months ago
The Nordic Model and Why It Works
Whenever political discussion, particularly on the left, turns to what policies will really work to improve the lives of the middle class, invariabl…
9 years, 4 months ago
We'll always have sex?
It seems as if creative destruction and technology are changing everything ...even sex.
This may be problematic given the degree to which sex is conn…
9 years, 5 months ago
Imagine If Wonder Could Replace Fear
“Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed their most serious actions," Montaigne wrote.
Freud regarded play as the means by which th…
9 years, 5 months ago
In The Cloud, No One Can Hear You Think
Not a day goes by that you don’t pick up your smartphone to access a piece of information. Every dinner party or get together has the scene where eve…
9 years, 5 months ago
Can Entrepreneurship Save the World?
A not terribly successful American President was right when he said that “the business of America is business.” In fact, today it would be safer to s…
9 years, 5 months ago
Some of Us Want To Go To Canada...Elon Musk Wants To Go To Mars
Fifty four years ago JFK, at the height of the Cold War, set us on a path to the moon.
Today, absent the Cold War and in a world where a new photo or…
9 years, 5 months ago
Why Presidential Appointees Matter
Back in 1992 the mantra of the Bill Clinton campaign was that “it's the economy stupid.” Surprising, since the majority of American campaigns for Pre…
9 years, 5 months ago